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Of universal background checks say this is the opening window to a national gun registry that would be used to take away guns. not only is that not true. this bill would actually make that impossible. it would make it illegal. so that's one thing. the other thing he talked about is the politics. west virginia is a very, you know, red state if you will. and he has won there consistently because of how he talks about issues and like guns, i think you've seen this very clearly. he is able to communicate in a very effective way. i think he is talking to her and making it clear, this is an issue. w...

A need for this firearm to own it. >> a new group of gun owners calling themselves the unnra, united network of rational mer can cans, announce their support for guns and universal background checks in a new webb ad. >> 32 years ago this week, armed secret service agent couldn't protect ronald reagan from being shot by a disturbed man with a gun. but president reagan believes something could have prevent the attack. tell the republicans to join president reagan in promoting tough back ground checks. >> the president is heading to can colorado to highlight new gun safety laws but we have anothe...

The beginning, and i think a lot of people said. the assault weapon ban was the most politically perilous and difficult piece to actually accomplish. and i don't think that we should be so disheartened that it is not going to pass. because frankly, i don't think it is the most important reform that we could get. i happen to think universal back ground checks are a lot more important for a few reasons. we had an assault weapon ban back in the '90s. we were not likely to get something that was stronger than that. it was not going to include a gun buy-back provision like the one in the '90s. ther...

It is organized, it is comm committed, and it is consequential. let me start by saying that i was told in 1992 when i introduced many of these reforms that there was no way, you never beat the gun lobby, it's not possible. well, in 1994, we did. in 1994 reason prevailed, and we passed the assault weapons ban, a limitation on the size of magazines, and a number of other measures, i colluncluding expan the so-called brady bill in back ground checks. one other thing, they worked. they all had a positive impact on public safety. they all had a positive impact on public safety. i did an interview y...

Safety since the massacre at sandyhook elementary school. this morning, a key senate panel approved a bill to crackdown on people who buy guns and sell them to people who are not allowed to have them. the next stop is a vote in the full senate. part of the bill is named for hadiya pendleton, the honor student who was gunned down in chicago after attending the president's inauguration. president obama talked about her today. >> you'll remember i told the story about a shooting in march in the inauguration parade. and just a few months later, had been gunned down about a mile away from my house....