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In just hours, house lawmakers will vote on the first major piece of federal gun safety legislation in decades. it is a bipartisan gun deal, passed in the senate yesterday, and it includes funding for mental health, school safety, at least partially would close what is known as the boyfriend loophole, if someone has a history of beating up their partner, would have trouble getting access to a gun. >> it also expands background checks for people between 18 and 21 years old. it incentivizes states to invest in red flag laws or crisis intervention programs. but this all comes on the same day that...

>> right. and that's why we kept asking. remember at every press conference, every moment that we had, we kept asking the police, explaining how he was barricaded. at one point i asked, really was the door locked? how was the door locked? no one had answers. it took a while but we're starting to get answers here, anderson. >> you've done great work, shimon prokupecz. keep after it. so-called red flag laws have been a focus in the gun debate. the newly unveiled bipartisan safety bill on capitol hill includes $750 million for crisis intervention programs which could be used to implement and ma...

Constitutional rights, that's not due process. >> laura: mitch mcconnell actually referenced the due process issue i think today. can we play that because i want everybody to understand how he addressed it. this was mitch mcconnell. >> we will send money. to every state. stephan crisis intervention programs of their own choosing do not use the money for red flag laws will have to build a new due process protections. that's never been required before. >> laura: you know what he's talking about there? >> i know the provision, but i don't know if i agree with his characterization of it. what do p...

The bipartisan gun safety bill on capitol hill would include $750 million for crisis intervention programs, some of that money could be used, it doesn't have to be, to implement so-called red flag programs, which are aimed at keeping dwu guns away from those who are a threat to themselves or others. >> watch this. >> just let me get on the record, would you implement the red flag law in your county? >> no. >> reporter: in sierra county, new mexico, the sherrivsheriff refusing to use the red flag law in his state. >> a temporary restraining order issued to an individual that

The deprivation of the constitutional right, due process. that's's something i don'tly actually reference the due processhe issue i believe todayb can we play that because i wantc everyone to understand how we addressed it. this was mitch mcconnell. itth will send money not just the states that decide to implement so-called red flag laws but to every state to fund crisis intervention programs of their own choosing unsighted do not use the money for red flag laws. we'll have to build in new due process protectionshe that have never, never been required before. >> you know what he's talking abou...