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Control on the table. >> on the surface, the comments are very encouraging. but when things get specific, we can understand why this country has so much difficulty arriving at common sense gun safety. >> connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapon ban that bans 35 different weapons. the weapon used was not an assault weapon, therefore it wasn't banned. >> the definition of assault weapons has been gamed by the gun lobby in the service of the gunmakers, no doubt. if the bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds per clip doesn't qualify as an assault wea...

Any of those things. >> yes. >> but many americans would consider that to be a assault weapon because they had 30-round clips in there. i mean, where do you draw the line? >> well, i think a lot of the things that you mention are actually cosmetic parts of a gun. they might make it look ugly and mean. but the real question in my mind is can you pull the trigger one time and have multiple rounds fired. because that's what would make an assault weapon. and connecticut does have an assault weapon ban. it has 30 rifles that are considered banned. but this one does not fall under that definition. s...

And as you know, i've also said you cannot leave out the mental health situation of this. >> okay. and i agree with that. i agree. we're going get to the mental health part of it in just a minute. but you're satisfied with this gun that was used being legal, that there should be no ban on the bush -- the .223 bushmaster. >> i think, again, it is not an assault weapon. >> by definition it's not. >> and as i understand it, what senator feinstein wants to do is expand the definition to some 900 guns. and i was here during president clinton's assault weapon ban. and i know there was a huge debate ...

Coming up in the senate. senator feinstein says she is going to reintroduce the assault weapons ban. as it stands, could you go along with that? >> well, i would have to see what she has in mind. and as you know, the ar-15 that was used in this unfortunate tragedy was not considered an assault weapon. and i don't know if she would put that in there. it only shoots one round at a time, which is the definition of assault weapons. but i think put it on the table to discuss it and thoroughly vet this. i think it's a good process, and i'm not afraid of it. >> well, that's exactly where i think the ...