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And the cause to the awareness is necessary. >> john -- steven, i'm sorry, you were a survivor as well as you work with the mayor's against illegal guns? >> right. and when i hear caroline talk about more work to be done, senator john curran, let's go there, first. he claimed that store purchasing isn't a big deal. watch what he had to say. >> my concern is that this built is a solution in search of a problem. straw purchasing for purpose of directing guns to people who cannot legally attain them is already a crime. a solution in search of a problem. let me show you how --

Action on the reform of our existing gun laws. for instance, we may see a universal background check be pushed through in a bipartisan way. we may also see a -- the federalization of, you know, straw purchasing. that's what's really driving crime in inner city communities where you have a legal gun owner buying 5, 10, 15, or 20 guns and selling them illegally on the street without a background check. so those guns go on to hurt people in those communities and then, you know, thus driving up murder rates. i think there are some real action to come out of this, but whether or not we'll see a ban...

Them on all gun sales. what is the difference? we also last year, our legislature passed a straw purchasing to make the penalties stronger. i think now that we have that tool box set, i think the people of pennsylvania are ready to say, okay, we don't mind reporting our lost and stolen gun. that is really just a tool for prosecutors to make sure that straw purchasers, who make up 40% of all gun crimes in pennsylvania, are held accountable for their actions. it's gun trafficking. no one agrees with gun trafficking. so this are very common sense approaches that we can take. and just two weeks ag...

Peet there. you co-sponsored the bill on illegal trafficking. what are you trying to accomplish especially from the perspective of someone who represents urban communities? >> well, it's very important with regard to urban communities because what we're finding is that folks are finding you'll get a criminal who then goes to a person who has no record and gets that person to purchase guns and then they will send those guns to urban areas. and so you may have a situation like we recently had in georgia where guns were being sent that a state where revehicles are not as strong, they then send th...

More guns than the rest of the world. there are no simple solutions, but gun laws can help. both the violence policy center have found gun laws between gun laws and rates of death. there are many policies that won't destroy the rights of responsible gun owners. closing the gun show loophole is common sense. some call gun shows tupperware parties for thugs. everyone buying a begun for america should submit to a break ground check and registration, including online sales. criminalize straw purchasing. once you own a gun, it should remain your responsibility and if a crime is committed with it, y...