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And people ought to offer more ideas and i'm not sure they've pass. in the past we've acquiesced to failure and not done things within our power to accomplish like the fix nics bill so i would like to recommend to you and colleagues that we get that done and build on it. we don't stop there. we build on it. and because none of us want to look these families in the face in the wake of another mass shooting and say, we failed to do everything within our power to stop it. >> and john, fix nics has some really good things but it would be flies if -- nice if we could add everything on it and change...

Up here during this debate. >> sunlen serfaty with the latest for us, thank you. our next guest says background checks are the first line of defense in curbing gun violence. congressman leonard lansing of new jersey joins us now. we heard the speaker mention background checks and in terms of things that we need to know more about. you and 18 of your fellow house republicans sent a letter to the speaker asking for a vote on stronger background checks. has he responded to you? >> the speaker indicated this morning that he will wit to see what the senate does. i hope, erica, at the very least, ...

We heard from chuck schumer who said, i'm quoting here, it would be an abject failure and dereliction of duty if the only thing congress does is fix nics. do you agree if that's all that happens, will congress have failed the american people? >> i want to do more than fix nics. but we haven't passed legislation in this regard in quite a few years. and i think that's a good start. but, erica, i do want to do more and i hope that is possible. >> in terms of doing more, the president said yesterday that shouldn't be afraid of the nra. he said sometimes you have to be willing to fight with the nra...

Legislation can reach the president's desk. fix nics seems to be the first part of that. i agree with you that there should be more. but let's get the ball rolling to make sure that legislation can reach the president's desk. >> in terms of getting the ball rolling, we have seen in our polling here in the last week, the american public wants to see something done in the wake of florida. 7 in 10 americans want to see stricter gun laws. that's a sharp jump after what we saw even just after las vegas. so what is your message to the american people when we're hearing from the speaker of the house ...

With any group, i will support the views that i think are important for the american people, that includes bump stocks. i think they should be banned. it includes fix nics. and it certainly includes making sure that the federal government can study this issue and as you know that has not happened for a very long time. >> that research, even if it were to come back today, obviously we would not have the findings for some time, there has been talk about more immediate action, one of them being raising the age limit which the president brought up and the white house back tracking a bit on it. is ...