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Sorts of laws have passed. and i think were seeing the beginning. its surprising that universal background checks might actually pass. i talked with some folks over in the house who say maybe it doesnt even come up there but it looks like it had momentum in the senate. >> im like mayor nutter in philadelphia, get the guns off the streets, too. mark glaze, thank you. im going to be saying by the end of the show, i think ill mention it five times. by the way, its 202-224-3121. call your senate rig...

Disturbed person involved in killing those kids. at least find out if there are people with mental or emotional problems, who have bad records, shouldnt be getting guns. this is the time to see if the background checks work. mark and emily is here. thank you. i want to talk to mark. and let me just tell you what i want to do here tonight. i want to face facts. im a political guy. not especially spent my life finding gun safety although i did write my letter to congress. johnny carson said to do ...

Obviously, pass very tough restrictions on guns. and thats where the action is. if you look at the history of gun laws in this country, stutter steps about ten or so pass in the history of this country, took seven years for the brady bill to finally become law and then it was challenged by the nra. this happens in fits and starts. its not just overnight these sorts of laws have passed. and everythii think were seein beginning. its surprising that universal background checks might actually pass. ...

Threaten them, people like that should not have guns. lets talk about that, if you can, mark. youre the expert. >> youre right. nobody in the public does oppose background checks. very few people in the actual gun lobby do, either. 74% of nra members think they should get a background check because they get background checks. >> members. what about lapierre? the people who get paid by the nra? >> theres a big difference between gun owners, gun dealers as my dad was and the nra leadership in the ...

Even got the magazine limit of ten rounds on your magazine for the semiautomatics. why that never got even in play here. >> well, i mean, its partly a testament to the power of the nra, the power of the nra with democrats. look at whats going to happen in 2014, democrats are up in red states. people like kay hagan, folks like that who dont want to be on record supporting the assault weapons ban. the house figured as well to add the assault weapons ban to any major bill would kill it. >> even tho...

Somewhere other than a licensed dealer. we know in those states 38% fewer women are murdered with guns by their intimate partners than in states that have not closed that loophole. we know how to fix this problem. >> lets hear something from senator coburn who appeared earlier today on "morning joe" and talked about the issue. take a listen. >> if were going to get a deal, thats where its going to have to be otherwise youre not going to have a deal. my deal is lets do the right thing and enhance...

Bipartisan consensus that was fraught to be forming around the idea of expanding background checks. its a position that 88% of the public support and weve been hearing about a possible bipartisan deal worked out between chuck schumer and tom coburn. tom coburn has an "a" rating from the nra. but now those talks have fallen apart. mark, can you explain why elected politicians are finding it so hard to do something that nine out of ten americans want? >> no, not really. but thats because -- >> is ...

Its almost three months since the slaughter at sandy hook elementary and lawmakers in the united states senate have now approved the first piece of gun reform legislation. the judiciary committee under the leadership of patrick leahy voted 11-7 today to approve a bill that would combat gun trafficking and impose stiff penalties on straw purchases. in fact, the vote today is perhaps more newsworthy for what it did not include. like an expansion of background checks on gun sales and a ban on assau...

Im not in that room not having been elected to the united states senate, but im told he is absolutely serious and in earnest and wants to reach a deal. and i think we will. but if we can get senator coburn, and i very much hope we can, it will only be because of one very small issue that in our view is a nonissue. thats the question of whether we should continue doing what weve been doing for 40 years, which is when you go to a licensed dealer, you pass your background check. the dealer keeps a ...

Beautiful children who died 69 days ago 12 miles from here. >> if only everyone who wields influence on capitol hill had so much resolve. john mccain was caught making this statement to the mother of a young man killed in the aurora shooting, a mother who asked him about the proposed ban on assault weapons. >> i can tell you right now you need some straight talk. that assault weapons ban will not pass the congress of the united states. [ applause ] >> of course, that wasnt straight talk at all. ...