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Asa hutchinson of arkansas unveiled plans to train school officials who want to carry firearms. hutchinson's task force was set up by the nra. here in the situation room, just a little while ago, he revealed he's personally supporting the idea the nra opposes, expanding background checks for potential gun buyers. >> we make sure that when someone purchases a firearm, that is going to someone that's qualified to own it. we're all for that. >> i hear you saying that you're open to expanding background checks personally. >> yes, absolutely. i'm open to expanding background checks, if you can do i...

Harder it gets in congress. >> we've argued this and argued that and been distracted by this and that and do nothing, do absolutely nothing. and i think we need to be careful with that. >> a leader of one gun control advocacy group called the nra event, quote, ironic and hypocrite call noting the gun lobby opposes universal background checks but supports them for school security guards. president obama will be campaigning for new restrictions on firearms at events in colorado, tomorrow, and connecticut next week he goes to the scene of the shooting at the movie theater in aurora, colorado. >> ...

And the phone rings during dinner. you pick it up to hear an annoying recorded sales pitch. now winners of a government contest may have found ways to stop those robocalls. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." outrage swept the nation after the newtown, connecticut school shootings and the nra kept a low profile in the immediate days afterwards but now as the urgency to act on gun violence has seemingly faded, and congressional efforts have floundered, an nra task force has outlined its plan for school safety. jim acosta is coming into the situation room right now. you've been fol...

Places. >> shouldn't it be made more difficult? >> you can pass all the laws you want to and you're still going to have challenges for security in the schools and that's where we came back to safety. my mandate is to deal with the school safety issues, access controls, perimeters, locking doors, surveillance. all of these things beyond even armed security in the school. those are the things that we looked at. >> because a lot of those proposals are common sense and they make sense and all of us were horrified at what happened in newtown, connecticut. i'll put one poll up on the screen. cbs pol...