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Passed a bill that changes gun laws in that state. people convicted of domestic abuse or stalking, people subjected to restraining orders the bill closes a loophole that allows convicted domestic abusers to buy and own firearms if not married to or living with the victim and they dont have children together. a week and a day after the massacre in parkland, this bill passed that would restrict access to guns. it got bipartisan support. gun control measures of all kind no matter how modest are met...

That but thats not what anybody is calling for. >> tucker: im sorry. i know a lot about this and that was the whole point of the bill. >> no that was a part of the bill that im not calling for and frankly almost nobody is calling for confiscation. >> tucker: let me ask you this, those countries all have universal gun registration. you own a gun you have to register with the government. are you for that? >> you know, they actually cancelled the universal gun registration in australia because they...

Complicated with rights, to make sure that people with temporary restraining orders, temporarily give up their weapons. if you could do a whole bunch of those things, there is no question that, like australia, we could see our gun violence in this country plummet. >> tucker: there is a question about that. we dont actually know. we had the assault weapons ban of 1994. it seemed like it would reduce killings and it didnt. we know that conclusively. you are never quite sure what the effect is. you...

Getting legislation to governor scott this session. measures on banning anyone younger 21 years old from buying a assault rifle. mandating a three day waiting period to buy those weapons. allowing judges to restraining orders from someone having a firearm. more money for school safety and other. florida legislature only in for two more weeks and only meet once a year. they have a couple weeks to address this session or have to wait until next year. >> harris: i had a democrat on earlier this wee...

Stocks. remember the president saying that after las vegas, never did. create gun-violence restraining orders. now, john, domestic violence, you get hooked with an order of protection, its supposed to be registered into the gun -- happens sometimes, sometimes it doesnt. this would allow families and others to go to a judge and say, this kid should not have a gun right now and get a delay. >> it could have stopped this one. >> it could have stopped this one. and the cornyn/murphy bill is motivate...

Joining us now to talk about all of this, we have cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and cnn analyst david gregory. youve expressed some skepticism that anythings going to change and i think youre wrong. the reason that i think youre wrong is already these kids have gotten lawmakers attention. already, the republican-run state legislature in florida is announcing that these are the measures that theyre looking at. let me just read them for you. theyre already considering raising the age to...

And the best thing that i have seen is an idea by david french of the national review. basically beef up what is being called restraining orders. we all are familiar with how restraining orders work. if somebody is a threat, they lose some of their liberties to be near somebody. and thats protective order. we could have a similar thing adjudicated and a process created, mostly by the states, for people who are gun threats. i do believe that would be productive. >> dana: what about the students? ...

After las vegas and at that point the speaker said he was all for banning bump stocks. he hadnt even heard of them before. i thought it would happen within a month but, of course, legislation requires persuasion not polarization. were seeing like an instant replay of the macabre. everyone treating to almost rote repetition. instead of looking at restraining orders or betsy devoss or attorney sessions calling for wide ranging hearings in the senate on the source of these shooters, their complete ...

Why dont we explore the idea of having temporary restraining orders against those who pose dangerers to themselves and others? these are things we can talk about that doesnt ban or take away guns from anybody. >> and she talked about the partisan debate going on here. the congressman said you are such psychopath that you have to make the death of 17 children about you, america will regret the day you were even born. >> i think tempers are flaring on both sides.

That puts together recommendations the state and local governments, why dont we explore the idea of having temporary restraining orders against people who pose dangers to themselves and others as they do in other states. these are things in other -- things we can talk about. >> the very hyper debate going on here and heres what the congressman said. you are such a psychopath to make the death of 17 children about you. america will regret the day you were born. >> i think that tempers are flaerg ...