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As the american people dont give up on it. even without congress, my administration will keep doing everything it can to protect more of our communities. were going to address the barriers that prevent states from were going to address the existing background system. were going to help put in place emergency plans to protect our children in their schools. but we can do more if congress gets its act together. and if this congress refuses to listen to the american people and pass commonsense gun l...

Our estimation is that it is probably going to get over 60 but sitting right around 60 or 61. now, senator chuck grassley is working on the nra with an alternative gun bill republicans could try to offer as one amendment or series of amendments later in the process. it would include provisions to address gun trafficking, mental health, school safety and include some improvements in the current background system but it wouldnt expand background checks. then there are potential poison pill amendme...

600 billion . a 1:42 a.m.. we were call would to vote. it passed with only 8 dissenting votings. it is got to stop. >> uma: whatap -- concerns you more about the background checkings that you believe is really a clear violation . amendment and invasion of privacy. >> my concern with it, it restricts the laws -- rights of law-abiding citizen. all ofulse would like to eliminate sandy hook happenings. but this kind of law is confuse vague for the law-abiding, but it is easy for the criminals to get...

Order against him, got it on the internet. why do you want that guy -- >> everybody who thinks this is wrong should be petitioning our federal government to go after all those people who are not passing the background checks. we should be prosecuting them. our background system does not work now. why do we want to throw all these other people in the system. >> no, it doesnt. >> were not prosecuting people who are failing the background checks. >> gail, stop talking for one moment. >> certainly. ...

Your feminine argument. >> the second amendment says we have a constitutional right. gun restrictions disproportionately harm women. you increase -- >> can i ask you about those restrictions? >> yes. >> if a man has a domestic violence restraining order against him, should he be allowed to buy a gun? >> no, he should not. >> i thought you were against -- >> his sister was killed by by family who had a restraining order against him, got it on the internet. why do you want that guy -- >> everybody...

Background system to cover all commercial gun sales, included those conducted at gun shows and online. today, president obama released this statement. this is not my bill and there are aspects of the agreement that i might prefer to be stronger, but the agreement does represent welcome and significant bipartisan progress. the first procedural vote on gun control legislation is scheduled for tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. on the senate floor. a group of republican senators continues to threaten to oppose...

All were saying is if you go to the -- go to a gun show youre treated the same as if you went to the gun store. if i buy a rifle or a gun from another state and i call pats state in pennsylvania, im in west virginia, they send the gun. they have it send the gun to an ffl dealer, a licensed dealer and i have to go there and do a background check. all were saying is no matter where you buy the gun, in state or out of state you have to go through the same process. >> i would say three simple things...

Im dead serious. 12, 13, house seats sound like a lot until its not a lot. >> right. >> and if you piss off 90% of americans because you want rapists to be able to buy guns on the internet and you want people that have committed violent acts to be able to buy guns on the internet without background checks, then youre going to lose middle america. if you dont mind, melanie, i had alex say something in my ear. this is what al qaeda has to say -- >> you nor your background system is weak when al qa...

About it to begin with with, obama might not have been able to knock him down. >> he was really feeling his os from the filibuster. i think he had a lot of political success striking out ahead of everyone else, so he struck out ahead here. pat toomey, republican from pennsylvania, we have word now that joe mansion of west virginia have called a press conference for tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. mark, you guys ran an ad, which i want to show, pressuring pat toomey to come to the table on this. t...

Important that change is. >> im in favor of making changes to a background system. call senator toomey. tell him its time to take pennsylvania solutions to washington. >> haers the interesting thing. first, mostly, i guess its interesting, but this is herbally a positive ad in favor of a republican senator findinging a way to support reform in a way that will resognate with his home state. can we just put up on the screen the end of it, the last frame, kind of the call to action? so, lots of pol...