storage, ethan s law named after ethan song who perished at a friend s house as a result of playing with a firearm, and a variety of other measures including the background checks system, maybe repealing the sweetheart deal with the manufacturers that give them absolute immunity. is any of that going to fly with republicans? i m certainly, you know, i m not going to do anything to gun manufacturers, playing them for an action of somebody who commits their crime. so that s off the table. ar-15, i m not going to ban ar-15s. but sandy hook looms larger. happened in connecticut. so uvalde, the guy s nickname was the school shooter on the website he hung out, parkland, the cruz guy, 30 visits by the cops. he did everything but take an ad up in the paper he s going to kill people. what more can you do beyond what has already been done? incentivize states to give them the tools they need to deal with this before it is too late.
quote, an open heart, and the reason for that is because a lot of the items that you heard lexi s parents arguing that they want from congress. they re just simply not part of the negotiations that we have been covering in the u.s. senate, and that s not because there aren t democrats who want a ban on assault weapons, but because that s the kind of move republicans will not support in the u.s. senate, and you need at least ten republican votes to pass that kind of legislation. what is on the table is so much more narrow than that, and we have discussed this in the past, but if you remember, they are discussing the fact that they are trying to include juvenile records as part of the background checks system. if you re between the ages of 18 and 21 and you go into a gun store and you try to buy a gun like an ar-15, that is a significant change but it falls far short of what you heard
not universal background checks, even though that proposal has more than 80% public support. they re looking at 18 to 21-year-olds, specifically whether they can include juvenile records into the background checks system. a number of mass shooters have been part of that age group and committed violent acts in their younger years. should they be allowed to have guns? republicans are open to that and beyond that there is money for mental health and school safety on the table. that s one category, chris. the second category, republicans with national ambitions with higher ambitions, i spoke to senator ted cruz, josh hawley and they re not touching this negotiation. they re keeping their distance from it. they re promoting this theory unfounded as it may be in this case that they re worried any action taken would be a slippery slope to ending gun rights, that s not what people are talking about here. cornyn is emphasizing that s not what s on the table. and finally if you look at the preva
police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to find common ground on some gun safety measures. the house judiciary committee plans to hold an emergency session on thursday on new legislation. on the senate side, a bipartisan group met today on gun reform. with another meeting schedule tomorrow. connecticut democrat chris murphy, who has been working on this issue for the last decade, gave us an update on how those conversations are going. i have had the football pulled from under me enough times before. in these negotiations, to be realistic. about our prospects for success. on the table are red flag laws changes to our background checks system. safe storage, investments in mental health, investments in school security. it s hard to find a path to 60 votes in the senate.
make a difference in saving lives. reporter: the organization rated the 50 states on how strict their gun laws are with dark blue being strict and white being laxed and mississippi is the least strict and how many people were killed by guns in 2020. mississippi was worse. california was among the best with only 8.5. california is at the top of our list because it is doing so much right on guns safety. it has a background checks system in place and secure storage slot and it does not have some of the most d