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Without background checks. why are they not held to the same standards? that's the question. >> what happened to the brady law? where does it stand right now in the the background check, the waiting period, all of that. where is it in the law? is it in the law left? any restrictions now in buying a handgun? >> yes. absolutely. if you buy a gun from a licensed dealer, you have to go through a background check. but the problem is there are millions of records missing from that background check from states all over the country. the first thing we need to do is upload all the records into the back...

Background system. virginia tech is a problem as a result of that. once you get all of the records there, check it on a broader scale. it doesn't make sense to have the records if you never run the check to begin with. every time a gun is sold, there should be a background check there. you want a problem as a result of that, that's columbine high school. >> this documentary is called "gunfight" on hbo. >> this was my first hand gunnarsson. i have a boy. it's an old general store in raintree, vermont. a smith and wesson ..38 caliber. there's a gun in my bedroom as well. and yes, they are loaded...

Wright the subject and the reaction to what we saw and read from the president hour, do you compare what he is saying to those who want better gun control? >> he's come out for limited measures. he's talked about one aspect but more needs to be done than just making sure the background system is comprehensive. the extended clips are obviously a problem. >> wish we had more time. thank you for coming on and talking about this. the article is called -- it's in "newsweek," headline "2,405 people shot dead since tucson "s. horrible images bringing up powerful memories for some. >> for me, when i...

Thousand dhou,000 domts. it's repulsive. you have letters from molesters to the kids and handwritten statements by the kids, parental statements and police reports and internal documents from the boy scouts to each other talking about what's in the files, trying to keep the cases out of the news. it's very damaging information both for the people in the files but for the corporation. >> put it into context for us. we're talking about thousands of files. what's the time frame here that we're looking at? >> we know that from 1946 to about 2007 the scouts had about 5,000 of these perversion cases...

Are definitely members who are reconsidering. the president's expression of support for strengthening our background system is very constructive. the president can play a huge and probably decisive role in this. i intend to give this another shot. >> dana: it did go down in 2013. i know you take a look at a lot of public opinion polls. do you think there's been a significant amount of change that could change the outcome if they bring this bill back up for a vote? >> i don't think there's been a change in public opinion. about 61% support an ar-15 ban and they have for a long time. i think pub...