failure and a dereliction of our duty. do you agree. >> yes, i do. it's a question of whether semiautomatic rifles should be sold in the united states, assault weapons should be sold, we should certainly take a look at other pro sagss to try to ensure we break this cycle of violence which gets worse and worse. we've had more than 30 multiple shootings occur since january 1, mass shootings and so america is on a track where you're not safe anywhere and it needs to change. >> will an aggressive push by democrats, your party, on gun control hurt some vulnerable senate democrats in the november elections, especially in those red states? >> on this issue we have to take it according to our personal beliefs about what needs to happen and not all democrats will agree, i don't think all republican