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Dry for example on the budgets. >> i dont think so. if you go back and look. brian: on friday? >> explain to me exactly what these bills are. you know, they are not. steve: one of them is being written right now. ainsley: are the democrats going to sign it? schumer said the legislation is not the way to go that the president needs to deal with this. >> in concept, if you take a base bill and then have amendments that are offered into it, let the congress work its will. ainsley: what would work t...

Also, the fix the nics bill, we have that in our bill, very stringent. we penalize states and communities that do not turn in their records properly. we do that. its a good base bill. were hoping the president would take it and use it as his base bill and do something common sense. most americans support our bill. over 70% of the strong gun owners support our bill. you have 80% to 90% of the general public. its a good piece of registration. >> lets see what happens on that. let me ask you one mo...

That was -- first of all, would adding dianne feinsteins ban on some semi-automatic weapon, would that help your bill? >> no. it would kill it? >> i told dianes ban that. im not taking guns away. theres not a law-abiding gun owner in america that doesnt believe if you go to a gun show and gont internet you need to know through a commercial transaction who the person is and what their intent. we protected all the rights of law-abiding gun owners. our bill is basically crafted that basically accep...

"state of the union." youll recall he and republican senator pat toomey introduced that bill after sandy hook to close the gun background check loopholes. listen. >> so our bill is basically crafted, that basically accepts a law-abiding gun owner, doing the things that weve done in our culture, but also making sure that the bad person or the terrorists that advertise on the internet say, go down to the gun show and get whatever you want. that needs to be closed. that should be the base bill that...

Average say 80 to 90% of the people believe. commercial transactions is where we have to start. thats the base bill we talked about. we had a great meeting on wednesday. nra had a great meeting on thursday. we both had great meetings. you got to do something. >> mitch mcconnell is not introducing gun legislation this week. do you have any idea if hes ever -- >> if the president comes forward and says this is what i want done, this is what im going to support and i will give you the cover you nee...

Averages 80%, 90% of the people believe that you should know who that person is, before you have a transaction. and commercial transactions is where we have to start. so, that is the base bill that we talked about. we had a great meeting on wednesday. chris said the nra had a great meeting on thursday. we both had great meetings. lets find out where it is. you got to do something. >> senator, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not introducing gun legislation this week. do you have any ide...

Democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia. thanks so much for being here. that was -- first of all, would adding dianne feinsteins ban on some semiautomatic weapons, would that help your bill? >> no. it would not help our bill at all. >> it would kill it? >> i told dianne that. im not taking guns away. theres not a law-abiding gun owner in america that doesnt believe if you go to a gun show and you go on the internet you need to know, through a commercial transaction, who the person is and...

Thats going to be the base bill they want to work off of. anything they want to put to it, p the presidents support is there, it makes a big difference. >> youre okay with raising the age to buy weapons like ar-style rifles to 21? >> chris, i agree with the president. thats a no-brainer. if you have to be 21 to buy a handgun, it only makes common sense that you should be 21 to buy an ar-15. >> what about a shotgun or hunting rifle? >> no. were talking about these weapons, the high-powered weapon...

Someone you consider mentally unstable or insane. you sure dont even give your gun to a family member thats not responsible. thats what were taught. so you have to assume ta lhat law-abiding gun owners will do the right thing. it make sense if i want to sell a gun, the easiest way for me to sell is a gun show and ill get a table where i dont have to have any background checks. dont you think we should check that out and close that loophole? or you can get on the internet in your state and sell t...

Second amendment rights and so does the president. he knows we need to do some common sense changes as far as background checks. when people go to gun shows, they need to have a background check. a commercial transaction on the internet. he supports that. with his support, both of us protecting the second amendment rights, we can move forward. thats what we intend to do. >> neil: do you think -- when you say tend to do it, this could be done in short order. the president said keep it simply a lo...