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The march are upset about the school shootings and maybe they havent thought about the agenda. people organizing have a clear legislative agenda. they would like to do different things and i want to run some by you to get your responses whether they would work. the primary one is to ban the ar-15, or the category of the semi-automatic rifles. would that have stopped the school shootings we this -- we have seen? >> no. criminals dont obey laws. banning inanimate object will not solve the problem....

Semi-automatic rifles, not hunting rifles. that should be on the conversation to be discussed. no question about it. the president -- i understand that hes backed off a little bit of that right now. it should still be on the table. >> it should be you guys talking about it. who needs a commission to talk about this? its not going to get anything done. you guys should -- >> thats right. im happy to have that debate. it is important that we do have that debate. some people just go to the respectiv...

From selling handguns to anyone under 21 and shotguns under 18. after signing the bill friday, governor rick scott said neither side got everything they wanted in the bill. it did take important steps to better protecting their children and the hope is lawmakers in washington will take notice and do the same. >> today should serve as an example to the entire country that government can and must move fast. i began this process less than three weeks ago that we have to be very careful as we balanc...

Was people who shouldnt have them. the answer to all three is yes. >> and targeting bump stock devices which allow semi automatic to automatic. and attorney general jeff sessions thats president trump is absolutely committed to ensuring the safety and security of every american and he has directed us to propose a regulation addressing bump stocks and to that end the department of justice has submitted to the office of management and budget notice of a proposed regulation to clarify the national ...

An ak -- with an assault weapon or semi-automatic weapon. without a background check. they want to end the so-called straw man provision where you can buy guns legally and sell them to criminals. i happen to believe and i believe for 30 years we should buona salt weapons. there is a smaller majority of the american people who support that. but be that as it may, gun owners, nongun owners understand that the status quo is untenable. weve got to do something. i hope that we will do it. and again, ...

For the battlefield, a defining characteristic of the ar-15 is the speed and power of the bullet. [ gunfire ] >> now, those are single shots. if i wanted to fire this on full semi-automatic, all i do is keep firing. now, i wont probably hit the target when i do this, when we look at the target later on, but im going to fire about five shots. >> okay. [ rapid gunfire ] >> reporter: its a weapon designed to inflict maximum damage. >> ive seen soldiers who have been hit by this weapon and enemies w...

But for one country is only took one tragedy to get the government to act. in april of 1996 australia suffered the worst mass killing in australia. it is important to talk about this again. a 28-year-old man opened fire in port arthur and 25 people were killed and 23 were wounded. within three months the national firearms agreement was introduced and passed by bipartisan support. it outlawed semi-automatic and background checks that require a justifiable reason to own a gun. by buy-back program ...

Likely if they dont get disqualified for what the australian government thinks is a justifiable reason. >> take me for example. when i was a member of parliament and i represented the labor party i was a paton of my local sporting shooting association. the guys would go out and shoot at targets and they are honest law-abiding folks and belong to the club and get the guns and they cant understand either why you need a semi automatic weapon. it is not about sporting or an olympic sport. that is ab...

With business? >> first and foremost thank you for letting me coming on and talk to you about it but i want to get one thing straight. this is not pooling assault style rifles off their shelves because to be an assault rifle you have to have a rifle with the ability to move between firing moves from the semi automatic to full automatic and they dont sell that because that would be illegal. >> they are pulling the armor light rifles off of shelves split a move they did in 2012 after the sandy hoo...

Appetite among lawmakers and little enthusiasm to do so. were also going to see a senate gop folks after their policy luncheon what they come up with, whether or not theres going to be a big push. here are some of the proposals already on the table. the bump stock issue. that is something that came up after the las vegas massacre. folks that would actually go through, something would be done to ban, if you will, that little device that turns a semi-automatic into an automatic weapon. the preside...