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Support and agree with them. the problem is there are those who want to stop the conversation there and i don't. we also need to deal with the issue of guns. it's not an either/or. look what we did in florida. we raised the access to guns to 21. you don't have kids with access to guns that they might otherwise do something with. how about red flag laws? they've already saved lives here in florida. they've been used a lot to remove weapons from someone who intends harm. they are working. how about background check systems that work without the loopholes and without the garbage? how about a real...

Graham family lives in. i called mitch mcconnell and we decided it is obviously something we should do. the president called me as well that morning so between mitch, the president and myself and patrick mchenry we made that decision very quickly. >> can you rule out the house considering expanded background checks and do you support the program funding -- that would fund arming teachers and is there any way in which you support going beyond any of the other proposals? >> that's six questions in one there. let me see. i won't micromanage this. second of all i'm not sure what pat and joe are do...

What exactly this legislation i is. in terms of making it illegal for states not to input mental health information into the background check systems. to give you an example of this, the shooter who came into washington, d.c., he was involuntarily committed in new hampshire. new hampshire did not put his record into the mental health system. he then went to virginia, passed a background check, bought a shotgun, illegally carried into washington, d.c., and that of carrying out the shooting. >> harris: apples and apples. >> katie: if the state had put the record into the system that he had fille...

>> on that point about access, people having access to the hundreds of millions of guns that already exist in our country, i think that's a, i mean, a, you're spot on, obviously, in terms of the way you're describing the reality. and then, when we get to talking about how people have access to weapons, that's when we get very quickly into things like the national background check system. i just a moment ago highlighted the contrast between the president saying he wants to strengthen background check systems and things that have happened in the last year to weaken it and put more holes in it. d...

Maryland mall killer, the l.a. airport killer, the d.c. navy yard killer, the aurora movie theater killer, the tucson killer, the virginia tech killer, and both ft. hood killers have in common. every single one with of them passed a background check. if you cast a net and the fish swim throw the holes, you don't need a bigger net, you need tighter holes. but when comes to background check systems that missing the names of millions of prohibited people, the politicians don't want to fix it. the best kept secret is that the national instant check system wouldn't exist at all if it weren't for th...