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Limits crimes in chicago increased when chicago banned stores within city limits, gun crimes in chicago increased. when a federal judge recently ordered the city to begin allowing gunshots again, the city chose not to fight the ruling and was severely restricted gun shops. gun shops wont be legal in 99.5% of the city, handgun purchases will have to wait 7 two hours and rifles and shotguns will have a 24-hour waiting period. all employees will need full background checks and here is the controver...

Limits crimes in chicago increased when chicago banned stores within city limits, gun crimes in chicago increased. when a federal judge recently ordered the city to begin allowing gunshots again, the city chose not to fight the ruling and was severely restricted gun shops. gun shops wont be legal in 99.5% of the city, handgun purchases will have to wait 7 two hours and rifles and shotguns will have a 24-hour waiting period. all employees will need full background checks and here is the controver...

Heitkamp and lisa murkowsky voted for the gun trafficking bill. there was a measure that they were willing to support to end gun trafficking, straw purchasing, pro enforcement measures. so i think theres bipartisan support for these bills, i think we can find consensus going forward and we have to work a little harder. i find the women to be very open to these issues and time and time again the women senators have come together and passed measures overwhelmingly. in the last armed services autho...

Debate. if we do not succeed on that debate it doesnt mean the rest of the reforms will not make a difference. when commissioner kelly says i need to get the guns off the street. i need to get these illegal guns off the street. we minimize what the changes will do but its what ive been fighting for since 2009 to make a federal crime of straw purchasing. >> two conversations we are having. one about instances of mass murder via gun violence which in that case the assault weapons ban is important ...

Death issue. the same in colorado after aurora. that is not true in every district in the country. you dont see that movement. but that said, i think there is more movement that people are giving credit for. it looks to me like there will be a deal on background checks. its whether or not we will keep records of them, which is -- >> which is a huge part of it. >> it doesnt undercut the entire thing. ive talked to a lot of gun control people, and the arguments you get on whether or not that inval...

On the hill can handle. in terms of oh my god, crisis thing that we must get done. i want to make sure we understand that its not like they were not doing anything. >> i want to give senator blumenthal the last word. will the people of your state be satisfied, if what we get out of gun control is something on background checks, but nothing on magazines? >> i think were going to achieve a measure on illegal trafficking, which by the way law enforcement folks and ive been a prosecutor for a few de...

What we call straw purchasers. in other words, theyll go to a girlfriend or friend who has no record. get them to buy the gun and background check and next thing you know, they may buy, 60, 70 guns in the matter of two or three months and then they ship them off or send them to other areas like urban areas and weve seen that over and over again. we saw a case like that in oakland where they were finding guns that were actually coming from rural georgia come to find out there was a person who was...

Illegal trafficking and straw purchasing, which is critical to law enforcement people. theyll tell you police on the streets or state police, our law enforcement at the federal level, illegal trafficking is a scourge. and, of course, background checks are absolutely critical because right now the law prohibits sales to convicted criminals, drug addicts, seriously mentally ill and domestic abusers but cant enforce that provision if private sales are exempted. so close that loophole. and then, of ...

Unfortunately go through this have a sporting chance as they say. so that might be a little bit harder. school safety we can get through. i also believe that its moving fast is making sure that the gun trafficking -- that has a good chance. >> straw purchasing, cracking down on straw purchase. whats the path forward in the house -- lets say this does get out of the senate in something in its current form and the amendments dont get added to it. whats the path forward in the house? >> to be very ...

On this. and i dont think the white house is surprised that the assault weapons ban has been dropped and will be able to -- you know, people will be able to vote for it as a separate amendment. and i think lots of democrats, especially, again, those in those red states, will actually vote against the assault weapons ban. but they will support this bill in large part because of the background checks, because of the tightening of restrictions around gun trafficking. and i think youll be able to ge...