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>> this seems to be an area where theres bipartisan support to fix the background system to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons, people who are mentally ill, and have domestic violence records. >> theres no evidence that a bump stock was used by the texas gunman, we are learning that there will be a hearing on bump stocks, that is in response to the las vegas massacre last month. >> ten victims from the texas shooting are in critical condition. the families will receive $65,000 each t...

People from buying guns is according to to the criminal background check system in a timely fashion. >> this is an area where there is by partisan support to fix the background system to keep guns out of hands of people with mental illness and commit violence of the like. if we can close those gaps, that would be a big improvement. >> no evidence that bump stop by the texas government or the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing on bump stocks. >> ten victims from the texas church shoot...

>> joining us now, our analyst and military analyst. james, to you first. we are not talking about extreme vetting. we are talking about the most basic vetting, if that would have happened would he have been able to buy the firearms? >> the air force -- i think it was yesterday they got in front of this with a statement and said there was a glitch. the system is designed to work, which means anything that comes out of the military in a court-martial proceeding or dishonorable discharge or a bad ...

Control? >> a city with the strongest gun laws internation, chicago. and chicago is a disaster. >> dana: illinois republican congressman, member of the house foreign affairs committee. you have been there on capitol hill as a member of congress for many years. anytime there is a shooting, you see that there is called for more gun control. do you agree with president trump that it was the mental health aspect that wouldve helped? >> yes, absolutely. look at the fact that the addition of flag this...

The question is do you need these magazines that hold 30 or more? >> so whats a constructive solution here, senator? if you dont believe the weapons should be banned, if the background system was in place and failed the people in texas, whats something you can offer this morning as we try to have a conversation about how to prevent these things? >> well, i think there are a couple of things. one, we can continue to refine and improve the background check. we found a gap in it in this case. lets ...

Background system has failed. virginia tech, where the shooter was adjudicated as a mental defective, it was not in the system. charleston, where the killer had a disabled felony or domestic violence, im not sure which one it was. he had a disables conviction. it was cataloged in the wrong county and the fbi said it was a mistake. and now this one, if it turns out to be a military one. so we have to fiction our own system of these background checks that would stop these killers at the door from ...

Evidence behind it, really, is if everybody had a gun, this would solve itself, which is essentially the old west of the 1800s. >> harold, if you talk to people on the hill and say that have gotten money from the nra and you say, hey, listen, why dont we expand background checks to keep them out of the hands of terrorists and people who beat up their spouses and brutalize their children, theyll say the background system is broken. it doesnt work. yes. thats why im asking why dont we fix it? well...

On his wife and their small child. with this record, one would ask why is it that someone like this who was clearly a danger to society, why is this person walking around. why is this person having access to deadly weapons? >> that is one of the challenges of the day. i think so many times these cases do involve mental illness. whether that is the case here were whether they should have been barred from purchasing a weapon, there are great imperfections in that background system and one of the b...

We can debate that. but is there an answer? those arent answers. you know, youre smart. is there anything that would have prevented this? everyone is jumping up and down the insane, we could have prevented this if only congress had the will. im asking a very simple question. what could congress have done that could have prevented this? >> we shouldnt, as a nation, we focused on what couldve prevented the last shooting, we should focus on what can prevent the next. >> tucker: a bunch of mass shoo...

We can debate that. but is there an answer? those arent answers. you know, youre smart. is there anything that would have prevented this? everyone is jumping up and down the insane, we could have prevented this if only congress had the will. im asking a very simple question. what could congress have done that could have prevented this? >> we shouldnt, as a nation, we focused on what couldve prevented the last shooting, we should focus on what can prevent the next. >> tucker: a bunch of mass shoo...