areas and areas that don't complete the whole circle. and we're looking at different things, and i have to tell you that it is a mental problem, and i've said it 100 times, it's not the gun that pulls the trigger, it's the person that pulls the trigger. >> that doesn't jive so well with what he said just after the el paso and dayton shootings. >> well, i'm looking to do background checks. i think background checks are important. i think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks, i want to see it happen. >> the change of tone not sitting so well with 2020 democrats nor senator joe mnuchin of west virginia who speak spoke -- who spoke the president about this issue. >> i said, mr. president, you can't blast with a keg of dynamite your base. they're not leaving. so they didn't leave you on bump stocks, they're not going to leave you on common sense background checks. >> even this president says he's going to do something about