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Between the public and the private sector to see how they can better track folks who might be more likely to commit the heinous crimes. >> you mentioned on the federal level. i want to play a piece from the president. his first decision on background checks and then stepping it back a little bit. >> i don't want guns in the hands of a lunatic or a maniac. i think proper background checks would prevent that. >> i don't want to take away people's second amendment rights. i don't want to take away the constitution. we can't let that slope go so easy. talking about background checks. let's take ev...

We can't let the slope go so easy we are talking about background checks and all of a sudden we are talking about taking everybody's gun away. >> the nra does not want to get rid of the loopholes. how important is it for the nra? $1.6 million worth. whether the president is ignorant about the opposition or the sudden willingness to bend on the issue or he just says stuff is anyone's guess. congress will return in september but to what? a president ready to do with a ja jority of gun owners already say?

Rights. i don't want to take away the constitution having to do with gun ownership. we can't let that slope go to easy that we're talking about background checks that all of a sudden we're talking about let's take everybody's gun away. people need weapons, unfortunately, for protection. >> that's not the only walk-back of the week. just days after the reports the white house designed a payroll tax cut to combat a weakening economy, the president said this. >> i'm not looking at a tax cut now. we don't need it. we have a strong economy. certainly a payroll tax cut -- president obama did that in...

With. it's not the gun that pulls the trigger. it's the person holding the gun. people don't realize, we have very strong background checks right now. you go in to buy a gun, you have to sign up. there are a lot of background checks that have been approved over the years. we can't let that slope go so easy that we're talking about background checks then all of a sudden talking about let's take everybody's gun away. people need weapons. unfortunately for protection. >> that word slope is an nra talking point. >> no. it's a trump talking point. >> and it's happening as the nra this morning is in...

>> president trump also spoke about his conversation with nra chief executive wayne lapierre. that was yesterday. the president denied recent reporting that he told lapierre he would not pursue background checks and later added this. >> we have background checks. but there are loopholes in the background checks. and that's what i spoke to the nra about yesterday. they want to get rid of the loopholes as well as i do. at the same time i don't want to take away people's second amendment rights. i don't want to take away the constitution. having to do with gun ownership. and you know, we can't le...