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Without background checks. why are they not held to the same standards? thats the question. >> what happened to the brady law? where does it stand right now in the the background check, the waiting period, all of that. where is it in the law? is it in the law left? any restrictions now in buying a handgun? >> yes. absolutely. if you buy a gun from a licensed dealer, you have to go through a background check. but the problem is there are millions of records missing from that background check from...

Background system. virginia tech is a problem as a result of that. once you get all of the records there, check it on a broader scale. it doesnt make sense to have the records if you never run the check to begin with. every time a gun is sold, there should be a background check there. you want a problem as a result of that, thats columbine high school. >> this documentary is called "gunfight" on hbo. >> this was my first hand gunnarsson. i have a boy. its an old general store in raintree, vermon...

Wright the subject and the reaction to what we saw and read from the president hour, do you compare what he is saying to those who want better gun control? >> hes come out for limited measures. hes talked about one aspect but more needs to be done than just making sure the background system is comprehensive. the extended clips are obviously a problem. >> wish we had more time. thank you for coming on and talking about this. the article is called -- its in "newsweek," headline "2,405 people shot ...

Thousand dhou,000 domts. its repulsive. you have letters from molesters to the kids and handwritten statements by the kids, parental statements and police reports and internal documents from the boy scouts to each other talking about whats in the files, trying to keep the cases out of the news. its very damaging information both for the people in the files but for the corporation. >> put it into context for us. were talking about thousands of files. whats the time frame here that were looking at...

Are definitely members who are reconsidering. the presidents expression of support for strengthening our background system is very constructive. the president can play a huge and probably decisive role in this. i intend to give this another shot. >> dana: it did go down in 2013. i know you take a look at a lot of public opinion polls. do you think theres been a significant amount of change that could change the outcome if they bring this bill back up for a vote? >> i dont think theres been a cha...

Individual freedoms. >> we will not be gas lighted into thinking that we are responsible for a tragedy that we had nothing to do with. it is not our job to follow up on red flags. it is not our job to make sure that reporting to the background system. >> rebecca bird was there, our cnn political reporter. you listen to those speeches today, these rallying cries. rebecca, it seemed to me there was a lot of blame going around from particularly wayne lapierre in the wake of what happened in parklan...

Similar legislation in the past. >> i wish there was one thing we could do to make sure it never happens again but i like this idea of fixing the background system and giving the website a fixed nick. a shooting sports foundation and others support this. i supported it in congress, passed out of the house and has bipartisan support. in the senate it makes sense some people can distinguish between right and wrong and they shouldnt to being able to acquire a gun. i have 5 guns and a concealed carr...

Hears the people making requests of him. but the facts, as that he bear out, i think really demonstrate that this is not an issue where we go after guns. the assault weapons ban was passed in 1994. 2% of all gun crimes committed with those so-called assault weapons. this has always been a solution in search of a problem going after these guns this way and instead not looking at the root causes which include mental health and systemic failures of government. >> and some of the things that folks a...

With the parkland students and parents, and victims, parents of past school shootings. then he said, you guys are cowards. dont be afraid to fight the nra. hey, maybe we should raise the minimum age. what happened? >> weve seen this before, suggesting he would be willing to go pretty far, traditional republican orthodoxy, but then retreat to standard positions. there is really nothing in this proposal that the nra would oppose. when hes talking about fixing background checks and strengthening ba...

Tonight that at the local level, his domestic violence conviction was not entered into the national crime information center, the ncic system, which is supposed to be checked when you try to buy a gun at a gun store or sporting goods store where they follow the background system. the air force has launched a review into why his domestic violence conviction, which should have prohibited him from buying a gun, it was not entered into the ncics database. the inspector general of the pentagon is goi...