a.b., west virginia democratic senator joe manchin came out he says he has to see where the leadership is going to go. they are crafting a bill he said on guns, a very good bill and we will see gun show loopholes, he said, will be closed, hopefully. he also said in those comments that gun owners would have to trust that he would make sure that he protected their rights, that these would these would enhance background checks without infringing on their rights. as you know gun owners and gun right groups that are lobbying against any new background checks believe that this will lead to some kind of registration, ultimately confiscation and so mansion has a very big challenge on his hands to get bret: especially west virginia. any meaningful expansion of our background checks system through the congress. there are other bills that republicans can vote for. senator chuck grassley of iowa is working on one which would marry some school safety with some restrictions more, you know,
significant. even if there are exemptions for a father passing on a gun to his son or daughter, you d still have issues with people in a private setting transferring or loaning a gun for somebody loaning a shotgun to go on a duck hunt, for example. i think in this universal background check there would be issues with. so i think universal background checks we can scale back and still make significant progress by strengthening our background checks system without going too far. let me ask you on gay marriage could you support a republican presidential candidate some day who supported same-sex marriage? oh, i think that s inevitable. there will be one and i think he ll receive republican support or she will, so i think that, yes, the answer is yes. and where are you on this issue? you say it s inevitable. are you lisa called it
son or daughter, you d still have issues with people in a private setting transferring or loaning a gun for somebody loaning a shotgun to go on a duck hunt, for example. i think in this universal background check there would be issues with. so i think universal background checks we can scale back and still make significant progress by strengthening our background checks system without going too far. let me ask you on gay marriage could you support a republican presidential candidate some day who supported same-sex marriage? oh, i think that s inevitable. there will be one and i think he ll receive republican support or she will, so i think that, yes, the answer is yes. and where are you on this issue? you say it s inevitable. are you lisa called it evolving on the issue. are you evolving, to use her word, on this issue?
with regard to mental health issues. we do need to strengthen the background check system but universal background checks i think is a bridge too far for most of us. why is that? why shouldn t why shouldn t law we have to go through tsa checkpoints, law abiding citizens have to do that. what s wrong with law abiding gun owners what do they have to hide? what s wrong with going through an expanded background check? e. the paperwork requirements alone would be significant, and even if there are exemptions for a father passing on a gun to his son or daughter, you d still have issues with people in a private setting transferring or loaning a gun for somebody loaning a shotgun to go on a duck hunt, for example. i think in this universal buckground sheck system, there would be issues with. so i think universal background checks we can scale back and still make significant progress by strengthening our background checks system without going too far. let me ask you on gay
us can t even imagine, what s your take on this policy issue? i mean, he hit the nail on the led. as someone who vividly remembers being in the same room, you know, 20 feet away from someone wielding an ar-15 with a hundred-round drum magazine clip, you know, i don t doubt that having security officers in schools is will add some security, some measure of security. but it s really a misdirection of resources. we can do such a better job as chief johnson said ensuring that the bad guy with the gun doesn t get the gun in the first place. and, you know, that involves strengthening our background checks system and adding records into the system as wayne lapierre supports. but more and more importantly been that it s about extending those checks to all sales. not just sales at gun shows but also all private sales. we have the empirical evidence that supports, you know, the safety that this brings about.