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That word -- you used the word idiot, i heard you use that before, who are you referring to specifically? >> im talking to the people who do this. some of whom are mentally ill, and to them i would say, okay, misuse of the word idiot, but im talking about other people, we just automatically assume some of these folks are mentally ill. i happen to believe there is evil in the world. but im not going to -- >> so senator, when we talk about guns, hang on, one point here, im not going to use the wor...

It would take data that already exists in many federal agencies like, for example, in the sunderland springs case, the air force. if the air force had sent its records properly to the nics database, its likely the shooter in that instance would not have been able to buy a gun. there was a record there that showed he should not have been eligible. the problem was the air force wasnt talking to the system. thats what this bill is supposed to do. its supposed to take existing current information an...