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>> is he trained in firing a weapon? is he trained in using a hand gun or firearm at some point. >> i don't think that was the point he was making. he was saying he would be a leader and would want to take a courageous action and a lot of individuals that helped protect others that day weren't carrying firearms which shows that you can be helpful in that process without it. >> reporter: and we should point out that she never asked the question whether the president is trained to use a firearm. our sources are telling us ton the that the president and this white house are committed to doing som...

Able to help as a number of the individuals that were in the schools, the coach and other adults and even a lot of the students stepped up and helped protect other students. i think the point he was making is that he would have wanted to play a role on that as well. >> is he trained in firing a weapon? is he trained in using a hand gun or firearm at some point. >> i don't think that was the point he was making. he was saying he would be a leader and would want to take a courageous action and a lot of individuals that helped protect others that day weren't carrying firearms which shows that you...

Support is on strengthening background checks. it's backed by john cornyn and democratic senator chris murphy. it would offer rewards to ago it ises to get them to send information to the criminal background system. >> what senator cornyn has suggested is take something that we all agree on, not claiming it's a panacea, but show some progress towards dealing with one element of the problem. >> mcconnell said the focus of the luncheon was on school safety and not on firearms. >> shepard: what else are democrats saying, mike? >> democrats are clearly concerned that republicans and democrats will...

17-second moment of silence as the house opened. a democrat stood up for a privileged resolution on guns but an ub -- unknown lawmaker booed him and both sides clearly want a solution to the violence. >> it's my sense the ground has moved. >> people saw a lot and said a lot and the cops feel like they couldn't or didn't do anything. i want to address that part of it. >> i think we absolutely need to act to strengthen the background system. >> shannon: chief national correspondent, ed henry, on how the president is trying to forge a consensus. >> it was dana loeshe said they tried to put the bl...

17-second moment of silence as the house opened. a democrat stood up for a privileged resolution on guns but an ub -- unknown lawmaker booed him and both sides clearly want a solution to the violence. >> it's my sense the ground has moved. >> people saw a lot and said a lot and the cops feel like they couldn't or didn't do anything. i want to address that part of it. >> i think we absolutely need to act to strengthen the background system. >> shannon: chief national correspondent, ed henry, on how the president is trying to forge a consensus. >> it was dana loeshe said they tried to put the bl...