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It lets students do homework and study at home. so far more than two million people across america have benefitted. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. i see myself as maybe an entrepreneur. internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. the massacre in the community college in oregon last week has really reignited the debate on gun control in america. candidates are voicing where they stand on the issue. hillary clinton is calling for exte...

Important. one thing is really clear. we sell 40% of our guns without a background check. it means felons, people who are dangerously mentally ill have easy access to guns. mental health is certainly an issue, too. we have laws that make it easy for domestic abusers and stalkers to get their hands on guns. and, you know, theres one pretty basic and simple solution is that members of congress and people in, you know, like the leaders and state legislatures around the country can certainly do some...

A background check. that means felons, people who are dangerously mentally ill have easy access to guns. mental health is certainly an issue too. we have laws that make it easy for domestic abusers and stalkers to get their hands on guns. theres one pretty basic and simple situation. members of congress and people -- you know, elected leaders in state legislatures around the country can certainly do something about it. you know, we really need to call on washington d.c., members of the house and...

Then if theres a serious problem get them adjudicated mentally ill. more important than that, we have to close the loopholes that are easy for mentally ill, felons, and domestic abusers to get firearms. >> what gun laws can you point that specifically would have prevented the shooting in rosebu roseburg, oregon, or any of the horrific shooting events weve seen in the last five years or so? >> you know, with individual events, i mean, sometimes there isnt a specific law that you can point to that...

Dont trust anybody in here. nobody. other than that, youre on your own. >> were standing by whenever youre clear. in. they have 30 years to do and i tell them, what the guys told me when i came in, users and abusers are all over this place. >> 32-year-old inmate greg knows what its like to be a young kid serving hard time. at the age of 15, he was convicted for the murder of both of his parents. he became the youngest person in indiana history to be sentenced as an adult. at that time, there wer...

Theyve tried to have guns on campus laws across this country in numerous states and weve stopped almost every one of those. weve had progress on background checks. weve had background check laws in a number of states. weve had progress on domestic violence restrictions. abusers who should not have their hands on guns because they demonstrated a history of violence, ooiter from a protective order from violent misdemeanor convictions. so were making progress at the state level because frankly, was...

Measures are becoming law like in oregon earlier this year, washington last year, several other states passing laws to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. it hasnt percolated to the federal level yet. we havent had major election cycles. the conversation with the president and advocates like me is one thing. we will tell you the same thing over and over again. i would like to talk to somebody like congressman who chairs house judiciary sitting on hundreds of gun bills that have done ...

I think the important thing to focus on here is the solutions. there are solutions that exist. were not going to prevent every tragedy happening, but the reality is so many tragedies happen because guns are getting into hands of people we all agree shouldnt have them, and people we can prevent from having them. thats what we want to focus on. thats what brady background checks do. it is not just a sensible piece of legislation thats supported by 90% of the american public, expanding background c...

A civil conversation. hows that going? >> for so long, the left and right would divide and the middle country idea logically and geographically was left out of the conversation. but over 70% of gun owners believe in solutions like background checks. they believe they could save lives and do support and protect their second amendment rights. so, you know, what weve done is try to put together the unlikely allies, we say, the republicans, the gun owners, the business owners, the people that have b...

>> i was thinking today watching the president express a lot of anger -- for him, a lot of emotion, a lot of anger that nothing has been done federally to try to reduce the incidents of these kinds of murders in ore country. that theres been no federal policy change. i wonder if youre more optimistic of change happening in other venue venues, maybe st state or some other way. >> absolutely. its clear washington is broken. they cant get anything done on not just this issue, but many issues. but w...