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But the only nationally known lieutenant governor in the country, the former mayor of san francisco, california lieutenant governor gavin newsom, is running to succeed jerry brown as governor of california in 2018. and he has just proposed that california become the first state in the country to require a background check if you want to buy ammunition. i mean, right now there is of course the loophole-ridden law that says you need a background check to buy a gun, but there isn't one that says you need a background check to buy the bullets that the gun shoots. could california be the first to c...

>> the great chris rock with his $5,000 bullet solution to gun violence. and no one has yet run for statewide office on that platform. but the only nationally known lieutenant governor in the country, the former mayor of san francisco, california lieutenant governor gavin newsom, is running to succeed jerry brown as governor of california in 2018. and he has just proposed that california become the first state in the country to require a background check if you want to buy ammunition. i mean, right now there is of course the loophole-ridden law that says you need a background check to buy a gu...

>> the great chris rock with his $5,000 bullet solution to gun violence. and no one has yet run for statewide office on that platform. but the only nationally known lieutenant governor in the country, the former mayor of san francisco, california lieutenant governor gavin newsom, is running to succeed jerry brown as governor of california in 2018. and he has just proposed that california become the first state in the country to require a background check if you want to buy ammunition. i mean, right now there is of course the loophole-ridden law that says you need a background check to buy a gu...

We lost 20 first grade children to gun violence. since newtown, there have been over 2,200 gun deaths in this country. we ought to be sure that every single time a gun is sold, it's subjected to a background check, to make sure that criminals and those who are seriously mentally ill don't have access to firearms. we should not allow assault weapons, which are weapons of war, to be in the neighborhoods of our cities and towns in this country. we should enact systems to be sure when you buy ammunition, that you have a background check and you do it in person. so you go online today, you can buy ...

Is it progress or maybe a clear picture of how strongly both sides feel and maybe there is no room here to budge. >> both really. progress because it's a first step towards marking up that which the chairman said what happened this spring. probably next month. second, it illustrated the gaps in views and also the common ground in so far as enforcement of existing laws as well as new laws to make sure there is enforcement. particularly by background checks. i am hopeful there will be common ground to fill the so-called gun show loophole and the private sales that constitute 40% of all purchases...