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Off the train of doing anything about gun control. so theres that issue. once the democrats start pushing bans, the issue falls apart. the other one kim mentioned is mental health. in virtually all of the shootings, whether in florida, newtown, aurora, university of west virginia, every one of the shooters was severely mentally ill. donald trump mentioned that in his cpac speech. he talked about this. this is basically off the table as far as congress is concerned. thats not in the middle of the...

Of them are happening locally that you dont hear much about and again, they almost always involve mentally ill people who manage to legally acquire the weapon. we need to draw a line and it wont be easy to do, theres lots of obstacles in the way, constitutional, associat socialr obstacles but i think it has to be done. i think everyone agrees, president trump, the democratic party, the nra, the school protesters agree that the shooter in parkland should not have been allowed to have a gun and ye...

Guns used in the commission of these crimes are illegally obtained. what we need to do in this country, paul, is not h declarea war on certain types of guns and accessories. we need to declare a war on illegal guns, guns that are stolen, guns that are stolen and sold or smuggled and sold, guns from straw purchases, which is where someone who is allowed legally to buy a gun, does so and turns the gun over to someone else, usually at a huge profit, who cannot buy a gun. if we focus -- >> paul: you...

Thats what is not in the law is deterrents, but if you deter people from carrying illegal guns or acquiring illegal guns, then, yes, youll see the supply dry up, the supply dries up and criminals have trouble getting guns which they dont have trouble getting right now. the second issue is of course mentally ill people acquiring. >> paul: i think everybody can agree we would like to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. the problem that i see, and weve been talking about this for many y...

Theres clearly a move, its not just bans on guns, people want consistent phconfiscation. they invoke australia all the time and australia confiscated all the weapons. even theyre not clear, they didnt have that many mass shootings before. >> lets say we get a bill through congress, raises the age to 21 for buying guns, eliminates bump stocks, strengthens registrations, strengthens background checks, becomes federal law, two years later we have another shooting. are we back at the same -- >> we a...

Purchases has a penalty up to 10 years but its a low federal priority. the president and attorney general sessions can change that immediately, if they want to. and i hope theyll want to. so thats one area where we need to stigmatize not firearms, but illegal firearms. we need to ratchet up the penalties of people who steal guns and who sell them. >> paul: but if youre a gang banger in chicago and we know most of the murders in much of chicago are done by gang members, are you really going to be...

Is publicized nationally, a lot of them are happening locally that you dont hear much about and again, they almost always involve mentally ill people who manage to legally acquire the weapon. we need to draw a line and it wont be easy to do, theres lots of obstacles in the way, constitutional, associat socialr obstacles but i think it has to be done. i think everyone agrees, president trump, the democratic party, the nra, the school protesters agree that the shooter in parkland should not have b...

Then, yes, i think youre going to be deterred. thats what is not in the law is deterrents, but if you deter people from carrying illegal guns or acquiring illegal guns, then, yes, youll see the supply dry up, the supply dries up and criminals have trouble getting guns which they dont have trouble getting right now. the second issue is of course mentally ill people acquiring. >> paul: i think everybody can agree we would like to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. the problem that i s...

Priorities. the federal law against straw purchases has a penalty up to 10 years but its a low federal priority. the president and attorney general sessions can change that immediately, if they want to. and i hope theyll want to. so thats one area where we need to stigmatize not firearms, but illegal firearms. we need to ratchet up the penalties of people who steal guns and who sell them. >> paul: but if youre a gang banger in chicago and we know most of the murders in much of chicago are done b...

From the fox news desk. >> much more ahead on the historic opening of the cuban embassy after half a century of very bad blood between the u.s. and the island nation. move marks a huge step in the restoring of diplomatic ties but some critics are pointing to the castro regimes troubling human rights record and the fact that officials say dozens of american fugitives are still hiding out in cuba so what to do about that? plus, cuban officials say they want guantanamo bay back. a live report from ...