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Columbine. we are a western state. we are a second amendment state, and almost 20 years ago we passed exactly the same background check bill that the house of representatives just passed 20 years later. and i'm telling you, don, every year, 2 or 23% of t3% of the pet try to buy the gun in colorado can't by the gun. it turns out they're murderers, rapists, domestic abusers. there is nobody in colorado who thinks we're better off if those people get guns. and that's why we need to have this national legislation passed. the fact that nancy pelosi and the democrats have been able to pass this for ...

Texas, specifically el paso at a mall there, the cielo vista mall, which is a huge mall there in the el paso area, and the reports just moments ago, more than an hour after i'd say after we got the initial tweets and postings, that the scene there at the maul and in that area is ic department saying we have multiple reports of multiple shooters. please avoid area. police conducting search of a very large area. frank, of course, you hear that and you do know that there's a little bit of fog of war sort of thing that takes place whenever something like this happens, but that is still fairly trou...

Pretty second amendment state. >> i don't understand the slippery slope you talk about with background checks. let's look at the analogy of driving a car, could we? someone could get killed with a car that goes out of control just as with a gun that's used in an out of control manner. when you get a driver's license, you have to take a written test, you have to understand the rules, the regulations, you have to take a driving test so you understand how to implement those rules and regulations. how is that different than a simple background check for somebody trying to purchase a gun? >> well, ...

They communicate with their members effectively and their members communicate with members of congress.strength. >> so, to that end, you've been back and forth to pennsylvania a number of times since the parkland shooting. what are your constituents telling you about this? >> a lot of my constituents, i support the second amendment, the right of an individual to own firearms. the supreme court has affirmed that right. they also acknowledge we must have common sense measures in place. i simply think a universal background check is reasonable. and pennsylvania, we're a pretty pro second amendmen...

Will get a consensus within congress. look, pennsylvania is a big second amendment state, lots of folks own guns and have for generations, they don't think it's an infringement on the second amendment to do a three-minute background check to screen out the people who are dangerously mentally ill or violent criminals. we ought to respond to that. >> senator toomey, willie geist in new york. my question for you, and you face this uphill battle since you first introduced manchin/toomey years ago and you had your nra rating drop to a c at the time. >> sounds right. >> what is the resistance to thi...