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He understands the value and purpose of the second amendment. his sons are avid hurchts. is he from new york city. a lot of people feel safer because there are strict gun laws. in that i don't think he has as much of a carved out position. unlike presidents before him, president obama always gave a lecture. didn't really do anything. and other presidents have been hesitant to really lay out specifically in bullet-pointed detail forgive that wording what exactly they would do in terms of gun control and this president has been bolder in that regard. >> harris: it has been a third rail issue and...

The time to take action to make us feel like we're making a difference, we need to make a difference. those kids are going to hold politicians' feet to the fire. what's currently being done with background checks and incentivizing agencies from preventing criminal behavior and making sure they don't have access to guns according to the legislation, and red flags, people who have mental illness, trying to keep them pr gafrom gg access to guns. these are proposals that need to be talked about. i think we also need a larger discussion about mental health and their impact on these shootings, but w...

To it, he said, this is not only the time to take action to make us feel like we're making a difference, we need to make a difference. those kids are going to hold politicians' feet to the fire. what's currently being done with background checks and incentivizing agencies from preventing criminal behavior and making sure they don't have access to guns according to the legislation, and red flags, people who have mental illness, trying to keep them from gaining access to guns. these are proposals that need to be talked about. i think we also need a larger discussion about mental health and their...

Talking about. >> eloquent young man. support for the students that show washington is falling short. the abc poll found 77% of americans believe congress is not doing enough. 62% of the same say president trump is not doing enough. the president speaking with texas republican senator john cornyn about the bill he introduced with chris murphy. >> it ensures state and federal authorities report criminal history to the national background system with consequences. the white house says the president supports efforts to improve the background check system. this bill does nothing to expand the syst...

It could be a sign of more ambitious gun-control efforts to come. let's discuss this with former house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz and antoine. jason, you are in congress for a long time. not too long, but long enough. what can you do, if anything, to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> i wish there was one thing we could do to make sure it never, ever happens again, but i do like this idea about fixing the national background system. if you go to the website you will see that the student sports foundation and other support this. i supported it in congress. it's passed out ...