>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS MOST
ACCEPTABLE NOW?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE
WITH THE REPUBLICANS YET. AND I DELIBERATELY DID NOT
AND I DELIBERATELY DID NOT
ENGAGE IN A DEBATE ABOUT THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS -- HOW
FAR IT GOES. I KNOW THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO
I KNOW THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE A GUN THAT FIRES
300 ROUNDS.
I SAID BEFORE IN THE LAW ABOUT
THAT.
IT WILL CUT DOWN ON MASS
MURDERS.
THERE IS ONLY ONE TRONREASON TO
A GUN THAT FIRES 100 SHOTS.
I FIRST STARTED DOING HERE THE
ISSUE ON WHAT RATIONAL GUN LAWS
SHOULD BE, THERE WAS A PERIOD
WHEN I WAS A SENATOR AND THE
DEATH RATE WAS GOING UP.
NOT THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE WERE
BEING SHOT BUT THE DEATH RATE IS
GOING UP.
I SAT WITH SOMEONE AND I ASKED
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
THIS IS NOW 20 YEARS AGO.
I SAID WHY ARE THEY DYING?
AND THEY SHOWED ME AN EXTRA.
HE SAID A .22 CALIBER BULLET
WILL LODGE IN A LUNG AND
PROBABLY GET IT OUT AND SAVE A
LIFE.
A .9 MILLIMETER BULLET BLOWS THE
LUNG OUT OF THE BODY.
SO THE IDEA IS HIGH CALIBER
WEAPONS, THERE IS SIMPLY NO
RATIONAL REASON FOR IT IN TERMS
OF SELF PROTECTION, HUNTING AND
I GUESS -- AND, REMEMBER, YOU
CAN'T BUY A CANNON WHEN THE
SECOND AMENDMENT WAS PASSED.
YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND PURCHASE A
LOT OF WEAPONS.
AND THOSE WHO -- NOT MANY ARE
SAYING ANYMORE, BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW,
LIB
LIBERTY AND THE BLOOD OF
PATRIOTS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ON THE
GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY'RE WRONG.
TO DO THAT, YOU DON'T NEED A
TANK.
SO I THINK THINGS ARE DIVIDED SO
BAD THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING
MORE RATIONAL ABOUT IT.
>> SIR, I KNOW YOU WANT CONGRESS
TO ACT.
DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY NOW?
RESPONSIBILITY NOW?
>> I KNOW I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY.
I CAN DO THE THINGS I'VE DONE.
I CAN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.
BUT I CAN'T OUTLAW A WEAPON.
I CAN'T CHANGE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS.
I CAN'T DO THAT. PERSUASION,
YEAH.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT CAN
HAPPEN.
>> McCONNELL ORDERED SENATOR
CORNYN TO SEARCH FOR A
COMPROMISE.
DO YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
THERE?
>> LOOK, I -- I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THE REALIZATION ON THE
PART OF RATIONAL REPUBLICANS AND
I THINK SENATOR McCONNELL IS A
RATIONAL REPUBLICAN, AND I GOT