proposal which was announced just a few minutes ago. press release was sent out by senator chris murphy s office. he is the senator that has been leading this effort for almost ten years now since the sandy hook shooting. he says a group, a bipartisan group, ten republican and ten democratic senators have come to a resolution, an agreement in principle on this proposal. i will read a couple of the details that are included in this proposal to you now. one thing is incentives for states to implement those red flag laws that would allow weapons to be taken away from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. enhanced background checks for people between ages of 18 and 21. one source tells our team that a new system will be set up for this age group that does not exist for any other age group in the u.s.. it would require gun sellers to check with local law enforcement before being allowed to sell a firearm to that age group. as well as more funding for school securit
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talk to your doctor or visit myplenity.com to learn more. at 49 past the hour we are showing you capitol hill. there is a reason for that, because in part of a momentous step taken by a bipartisan group of senators, they have come to a working framework involving nine specific points in the pursuit of some type of gun control legislation. it is a really wonderful day for those who have been looking for this for quite some time. although i will note that there is no mention of the words assault weapons, nor the prospect of bringing the age for the purchase of such a weapon up to the age of 21 years old, from where it stands now at 18. i am joined right now by my panel. diane call away, of the national action if. and susan and carlos camilo, former republican congressman from florida and an msnbc political
and i am okay with that. point well taken on that. carlos, former republican congressman, do you see positive steps here? do you think this is the kind of thing that congress will be able to vote on? specifically, ten republican senators will be able to cross a very entrenched bipartisan line and say, we are on board with us. alex, i lost your audio. i think i know you are asking me, and what i can tell you is that my perspective is that i spent my time in congress looking for a meaningful compromise on gun reform. well i was in congress we had the orlando shooting at the pulse nightclub. we had the las vegas shooting. we also have the tragic parkland shooting which reminds me a lot of this uvalde massacre. and we got nothing all of those times. here we are on the cusp of doing something meaningful. it is not universal background checks the way we should have.