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On the hill can handle. in terms of oh my god, crisis thing that we must get done. i want to make sure we understand that it's not like they were not doing anything. >> i want to give senator blumenthal the last word. will the people of your state be satisfied, if what we get out of gun control is something on background checks, but nothing on magazines? >> i think we're going to achieve a measure on illegal trafficking, which by the way law enforcement folks and i've been a prosecutor for a few decades, involved in law enforcement will say is one of the most effective things we can do, a ban ...

What we call straw purchasers. in other words, they'll go to a girlfriend or friend who has no record. get them to buy the gun and background check and next thing you know, they may buy, 60, 70 guns in the matter of two or three months and then they ship them off or send them to other areas like urban areas and we've seen that over and over again. we saw a case like that in oakland where they were finding guns that were actually coming from rural georgia come to find out there was a person who was going through this straw purchasing, sending the guns to oakland in the rural area and those were...

Illegal trafficking and straw purchasing, which is critical to law enforcement people. they'll tell you police on the streets or state police, our law enforcement at the federal level, illegal trafficking is a scourge. and, of course, background checks are absolutely critical because right now the law prohibits sales to convicted criminals, drug addicts, seriously mentally ill and domestic abusers but can't enforce that provision if private sales are exempted. so close that loophole. and then, of course, school safety will be in the bill as well. and the amendment on the floor will be on assau...

Unfortunately go through this have a sporting chance as they say. so that might be a little bit harder. school safety we can get through. i also believe that it's moving fast is making sure that the gun trafficking -- that has a good chance. >> straw purchasing, cracking down on straw purchase. what's the path forward in the house -- let's say this does get out of the senate in something in its current form and the amendments don't get added to it. what's the path forward in the house? >> to be very honest with you that's up to speaker boehner on what -- he always said we'll wait until -- >> t...

On this. and i don't think the white house is surprised that the assault weapons ban has been dropped and will be able to -- you know, people will be able to vote for it as a separate amendment. and i think lots of democrats, especially, again, those in those red states, will actually vote against the assault weapons ban. but they will support this bill in large part because of the background checks, because of the tightening of restrictions around gun trafficking. and i think you'll be able to get some republicans to support that, too. >> margie, you know, the senate's gun safety proposals, h...