these laws in all states and really scaled them up, you know, logically the more firearms are removed from dangerous people, the more likely it s going to be that one of those people, you know, would be someone who might be about to carry out a mass shooting. and you would prevent that. you re not going to hear that. there s not going to be you re not going to have a show on what did not happen today. but if we really did over time have a reduction in this nightmare of mass shootings, this is very complex. then why would it matter how it s happening? let me ask you this about the background checks system that we have now and even the various proposals that would try to close loopholes in various ways. the basic background check, is it tough enough as it is? should it be should there be a mental should there be some
a guy that carried an m-4 in iraq, i think to carry an ar, you should probably be 21. let s ban bump stocks. that one is easy. if you fix the background checks system, those would have mitigated or prevented the last three mass shootings. you just want to see the fix nics. i m okay with expanded background checks. how do you make exceptions if i m going to buy my dad s gun, for instance? paperwork. why is paperwork so onerous to everybody? i don t think it is. i think these are 80% issues. here s the point. ive say this to my side. you can t say we can t do anything. and i say it to the other side, to the left, don t say we have to do anything short of banning assault rifles, we re not going to do it. they are 80% issues. say 21, right? a huge number of school shootings happen with someone who is either in the school currently or just out. if you make it 21, you take that
process procedures, i like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man s case. so you could do exactly what you re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second. the house did pass a bill, the bill dealing with fixing problems with our background checks system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciprocity. if you re going to put concealed carry between states into this bill, we re talking about a whole new ball game. i m with you, but let be a separate bill. you ll never get this passed. if you add concealed carry to this, you ll never get it passed. this is the number of incidents before and of incidents and of deaths. this is when the ten-year assault weapon ban was in. how incidents and deaths dropped. when it ended, you see it goes up. and dianne, what you have also, and i think you can, into
are their other areas you think realistically can get done and what are those? i firmly believe fix nics will find its way through. that s an important step towards really stronger and more comprehensive background checks system. that s something we ve been fighting for since 2012, since 2013. i do believe that s coming down the line. i also believe the white house is getting behind extreme risk protection orders or gun violence restraining orders and looking how we can encourage states to mandate that and also other forms of prevention programs within schools. we are going to see some things. i don t think it s everything everybody wants. this is a difficult congress in terms of getting things through. but this is action and there s will. this is a different moment than we had five years ago. there s a different energy here. there s a different pulse of the nation at the moment. the nation are demanding that we take action. and it is time for our congress to respond. nicole, i won
can i respectfully wreckment that steve scalise, the vote counter in the house will be a key role in this. he s had a personal near tragic experience with one of thinks mass shootings himself. good. i appreciate mr. president you convening everybody. thank you, senator cornyn. my whip counterpart. the house did pass a bill dealing with fixing problems with our background checks system. we also combined with it a bill that advanced concealed carry reciproci reciprocity. people having conceal carry in one state and having to same ability in another state with conceal carry laws that are on the books. before that s discounted because i know when we passed our bill, number 1, i did have to whip that bill. it didn t just automatically passed. there were a lot of members that said look, we want to close these problems and fix these problems with the background check system. we came together and passed a bill. but we also felt if you look at