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Individual freedoms. >> we will not be gas lighted into thinking that we are responsible for a tragedy that we had nothing to do with. it is not our job to follow up on red flags. it is not our job to make sure that reporting to the background system. >> rebecca bird was there, our cnn political reporter. you listen to those speeches today, these rallying cries. rebecca, it seemed to me there was a lot of blame going around from particularly wayne lapierre in the wake of what happened in parkland. >> absolutely, brooke. and none, of course, for the nra. the blame was placed squarely on the sho...

Similar legislation in the past. >> i wish there was one thing we could do to make sure it never happens again but i like this idea of fixing the background system and giving the website a fixed nick. a shooting sports foundation and others support this. i supported it in congress, passed out of the house and has bipartisan support. in the senate it makes sense some people can distinguish between right and wrong and they shouldn't to being able to acquire a gun. i have 5 guns and a concealed carry permit. and they should not be able to access a gun. and there is a problem accessing a gun. >> a...

Hears the people making requests of him. but the facts, as that he bear out, i think really demonstrate that this is not an issue where we go after guns. the assault weapons ban was passed in 1994. 2% of all gun crimes committed with those so-called assault weapons. this has always been a solution in search of a problem going after these guns this way and instead not looking at the root causes which include mental health and systemic failures of government. >> and some of the things that folks are talking about, they say we need to investigate the fbi to find out exactly how these kinds of ver...

With the parkland students and parents, and victims, parents of past school shootings. then he said, you guys are cowards. don't be afraid to fight the nra. hey, maybe we should raise the minimum age. what happened? >> we've seen this before, suggesting he would be willing to go pretty far, traditional republican orthodoxy, but then retreat to standard positions. there is really nothing in this proposal that the nra would oppose. when he's talking about fixing background checks and strengthening background checks, really what he's talking about is the criminal background system already used by...

Tonight that at the local level, his domestic violence conviction was not entered into the national crime information center, the ncic system, which is supposed to be checked when you try to buy a gun at a gun store or sporting goods store where they follow the background system. the air force has launched a review into why his domestic violence conviction, which should have prohibited him from buying a gun, it was not entered into the ncic's database. the inspector general of the pentagon is going to investigate this as well, according to the pentagon tonight. "the dod will also review releva...