>> yeah, i would certainly look at that. >> bump stocks, legally converted weapons to turn semiautomatic weapons into virtually automatic weapons, that's something i think we'll take a look at. >> reporter: stephanie, here's the bottom line. the context here in washington, this congress has gotten very little accomplished in the last nine months and the republicans in control don't want to go home to their voters and say, well, we got sanctions done on russia and a gun control measure passed. that doesn't sell to republican audiences. they're trying to stay focused on tax reform right now. it's unclear if scenes like this can do anything to change that, stephanie. >> you're talking about the hill. steve bannon said if the president does anything on gun control, he'll lose his whole base. i don't know, maybe he would gain a lot more if he did something. let's bring in clint van zandt, former fbi profiler and msnbc contributor, also author of "facing down evil, life as an