related to background checks or assault weapons ban. jon: yeah, a former state trooper friend of mine said this, he said what do you do, if you take away somebody s gun, who is responsible for storing it and taking care of it and making sure it doesn t rust to pieces? you know, local police departments already have their hands full. they don t necessarily want to become armories for the citizens. right, and when it comes to these pieces of legislation, these are some of the most modest types of gun control or gun reform bill that they are considering in congress. obviously more progressive democrats want to see assault weapons ban. they want to see background checks significantly expanded. the issue with the assault weapons ban issue right now is even the house democrats can t pass it on their own. they don t have enough votes for it, even if you were to use only house democratic votes. the reason why is there are many moderate democrats in the house and democrats from the midwest wh
related to background checks or assault weapons ban. jon: yeah, a former state trooper friend of mine said this, he said what do you do, if you take away somebody s gun, who is responsible for storing it and taking care of it and making sure it doesn t rust to pieces? you know, local police departments already have their hands full. they don t necessarily want to become armories for the citizens. right, and when it comes to these pieces of legislation, these are some of the most modest types of gun control or gun reform bill that they are considering in congress. obviously more progressive democrats want to see assault weapons ban. they want to see background checks significantly expanded. the issue with the assault weapons ban issue right now is even the house democrats can t pass it on their own. they don t have enough votes for it, even if you were to use only house democratic votes. the reason why is there are many moderate democrats in the house and democrats from the midwest wh