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Somebody who is assaulting you and catches you by surprise. and what is also true is there is always the possibility that that firearm in a home leads to a tragic accident. we can debate that round or flat. but for now what i want to focus on is that you certainly would like to make it a little harder for that assailant to have also had a gun. you certainly would want to make sure that if he gets released, that he now can't do what he did to you to somebody else and it's going to be easier for us to prevent him from getting a gun if there's a strong background system in place.

I'm not sure that there is a one to one correlation there, but i think the most important point i want to make is that you will be able to purchase a firearm. some criminals will get their hands on firearms even if there is a background check. somebody may lie on a form. somebody will intend to commit a crime but they don't have a record that shows up on the background system. but in the same way that we don't eliminate all traffic accidents but over the course of 20 years, traffic accidents get lower. they are still tragedies. there are still drunk drivers. there is still people that don't we...

In the town hall tonight the president was confronted by a victim of violent crime named kimberly corban. take a listen. >> i have been unspeakably victimized once already and i refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids. why can't you see that these restrictions to make it harder for me to own a gun or take that where i need to be is just making my kids and i less safe? >> i just want to repeat that there's nothing that we proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm. you certainly would like to make it a little harder for that assailant to have also have had a g...

That he now can't do what he did to you to somebody else. and it's going to be easier for us to prevent him from getting a gun if there is a strong background system in place. >> what is your reaction? >> i have to tell you, that was the one absolutely shocking point for me in the whole show. i thought he was incredibly condescending to that rape victim. he insinuated to her that she wasn't capable of being able to take care of herself with her gun. that was clear and i was genuinely offended by it. i can el tell you over the last 25 years or so the one thing that is crystal clear to me these ...

Right, about 2.4 million purchasers that -- criminals that tried to buy guns were prevented by the background checks. this argument we're hearing all the time that, hey, criminals don't submit to background checks. guess what? they really do. the background system has prevented those purchases. so, why not go further? why not make sure that not only the stupid criminals going through the background checks, let's try to stop those that are trying to go around the background checks and going online and buying them from private sellers, why don't we try to get them out of criminals' hands? >> tha...