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Purchasing guns. congress wouldnt do that. >> tucker: we already have that. >> so many people have tried to but the entrenched system in washington -- >> tucker: thats a lie. go buy a gun, it screens people who are mentally ill. the a authorities, the actual authorities, failed to screen this good despite the fact that everyone knew he was mentally ill. they didnt don anything. >> the majority of americans and republicans disagree with you and theoc polling reflects that. >> tucker: okay. i dont...

Theres a lot of bipartisan support across the whole country, super majorities agree that we need to have better background checks and we need to have age limits on the purchase of certain types of guns. we need to get rid of bump stocks. theres broad support for this. hopefully this will shine a spotlight on it and get the republicans to back away from the nra and stand up to the american people and for the kids in our schools. >> sandra: the omnibus bill, alexandra, includes the instant crimina...

Waiting periods, evidence suggests, can save lives and dont infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. there are other things that can work but fwheed to test them. we dont know if arming teachers will work or kill more people. we need to test it. >> its interesting to make policy on short of peoples feelings and buffermper sticker. the president said he thought it made sense to raise the age to which you can buy an assault tile weapon to 21. he has tweeted this morning theres not much po...

Landmark legislation. this bill raises the minimum age for purchasing guns. it stops short of arming teachers. his daughters was killed in the parkland shooting. hes been fighting for change every minute of every day since then. since he took his message. you remember seeing him days after at the white house. watch. >> im very angry this happened. it keeps happening. 911 happened once. and they fixed everything. how many schools, how many children have to get shot? it stops with this administrat...

A lot. do the nra feel betrayed by the president? >> i dont think any of it really made sense to keep our i cans safe and in regards to increase age restrictions, purchasing guns, this is something the nra opposes. millions of young adults for something they didnt do. i want to be quite clear what it is were discussing. were talking about putting their liberty on the chopping block and holding them responsible for the incompetency of the government. we had 45 missed calls. two missed fbi tips. t...

The nra is even in support of enhancing our background check system. thats one thing that everyone can agree on. an information system is only as good as the information thats put into it. and we do need to improve that. and look, i think all of the options that we have out there on the table, the president has been clear that he would support many issues, hardening schools is a big one, and also, increasing background checks. governor scott, i think, has really, really stepped up to the plate a...

Gun control laws are all out confiscation is not going to happen. if it was, president obama would have made this a focus. those two terms he was in office, that wouldve been as important as obamacare and other priorities. it wasnt. people with real mental health problems in many case they are barred from purchasing guns, we can do more there. lets not also forget they still have to be identified, properly diagnosed, someone has to do an intervention. family member, close friend that creates a h...

>> shannon, law enforcement says the shooter was able to purchase at least four guns and that those sales were done legally because there was no information at national databases that wouldve flagged the shooter or prevented him from purchasing guns. today, the academy sporting goods store in san antonio, texas, released a statement saying that store sold to guns to kelley. the shooter passed the national criminal background checks that sporting goods store and they are cooperating with law enfo...

Back obama era protects that would have kept weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill. that happened back in february. >> yeah. and look, that goes to the philosophical positions of republicans and democrats on this. we havent seen anything change that whether it was newtown, las vegas or other shootings that happened in the past with increasing frequency. what republicans always focus on is the fact that you cannot limit law-abiding citizens from purchasing guns and that people that intend ...

Guy would be denied a gun. my understanding is he was defied one permit to carry. >> to carry a concealed one. he was able to purchase an assault weapon. it makes no sense. too many loopholes about how to fix it and take action that quite frankly thats not going to happen. >> he had a job as a security guard at a water park? given that record. >> they ran a background check and these are military records and whether or not they had access to that particular file. i dont know the answer to that. ...