>>THERE IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT IN THE SENATE TO STRENGTHEN
BACKGROUND CHECKS IN THE UNITED STATES IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO
PURCHASE A FIREARM.
THIS IS AN EFFORT AGAIN NOT JUST BY
DEMOCRATS BUT BY A REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
AND THEY ARE SAYING LOOK, WE NEED TO BOLSTER THE BACKGROUND
CHECK SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS
STRONG AND THAT THESE BACKGROUNDS ARE AS COMPREHENSIVE
AS POSSIBLE SO WE AREN'T ALLOWING THE WRONG PERSON TO
LEGALLY OBTAIN A GUN --
>>SO THERE IS THE INCENTIVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE RECORDS, AND
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING, SOME OF THESE RECORDS AREN'T BEING FIRST OF
ALL INCLUDED OR TAKEN, SO THIS LAW IF IT WERE TO PASS WOULD DO
SOME THING ABOUT THAT.
>>YOU ARE RIGHT, IT'S GOOD NEWS, IT'S BIPARTISAN, YOU HAVE JOHN
CORNYN OF ALL PEOPLE FROM TEXAS, TIM SCOTT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,
ORRIN HATCH, DEAN HELLER -- BUT WE DON'T EVEN FIX THESE LITTLE
THINGS, AND WHEN PEOPLE CALL FOR MEANINGFUL -- AND CHRIS MURPHY
WHO IS SO OUTSPOKEN BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS NEWTOWN, IF IT WERE
UP TO HIM WE WOULD HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL CHANGES, BUT THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN CONTROL TAKES PLACE TOTALLY ON THE NRA
AND THE RIGHT'S SIDE OF THE LEDGER.
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
RESTRICTING THE MANUFACTURER OR CERTAIN KINDS OF GUNS OR BANNING
THE SALE OF CERTAIN KINDS OF GUNS ARE GOING OUT AND ORDERING
PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR TO TURN IN THOSE KINDS OF GUNS.
ALL
THINGS THAT MIGHT BE REASONABLE AND MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
AND WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT TAKING
EVERYBODY'S GUNS AWAY.
BUT WE DON'T LET PEOPLE HAVE BAZOOKAS
OR TANKS OR TOMAHAWK MISSILE LAUNCHERS.
WE HAVE GUN CONTROL,
WE DO CONTROL THE SALE AND OWNERSHIP OF SOME GUNS, WE JUST
STOP IT AT A POINT WHERE WE STILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE GUNS
THAT -- MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS THAT CAN DO TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO
PEOPLE.
WHAT IF WE GET RID OF THEM, WE WILL PAY YOU FOR THEM,
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SOME MONEY FOR THAT, BUT WE WILL TAKE THOSE
GUNS FROM YOU.
THAT CONVERSATION DOESN'T EVEN HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO
GET THIS, THEY WILL PASS THIS PROBABLY --
>>I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY WILL PASS THIS.
>>BUT THEN THEY WILL SHAKE HANDS AND WE WILL HAVE SHORED UP
SOMETHING THAT NEEDED SHORING UP, BUT IT'S A TINY STEP TO
GETTING TO THE KIND OF SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND AND
NOT SUBSTANTIVELY FEAR THAT THEY MIGHT BE PART OF A MASS
SHOOTING.
>>I WANT TO INTERJECT BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, BRETT, THAT BUMP STOCKS
ARE PERFECTLY LEGAL.
YOU CAN BUY ONE RIGHT NOW, PERFECTLY LEGAL, CONGRESS
DID NOTHING FOLLOWING THE MASS SHOOTING IN LAS VEGAS.
>>THAT WENT AWAY.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE, THAT WAS A LITTLE
THING TO CHANGE.
AND ALL THE ANALYSIS SAYS, WELL, WE CAN
AGREE THAT THIS ONE THING, THERE IS A SPIRIT OF A LAW SAYING YOU
CAN'T HAVE AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON, THIS IS FUNCTIONING AS AN
AUTOMATIC WEAPON, THE LAW IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, LET'S BAN
THE THING THAT DOES IT -- BUT THAT PROCESS HAPPENS NOT JUST ON
THE OTHER SIDE -- ON THEIR TERMS AND ACCORDING TO THEIR
STRUCTURE, IT JUST HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES AND NO ONE
SEES WHERE IT GOES ON.
IT ALSO HAPPENS IN THE DARK AND IN
SECRET AND ONCE THERE IS A LIGHT SHINING ON IT SOMETHING HAPPENS,
WE LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND IT'S GONE.
AND THE SAD LOGIC SEEMS TO
BE LIKE, THIS THING HAS TWO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN IN ORDER FOR
US TO PAY ATTENTION LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE IT GOES THROUGH.
ANOTHER ASPECT IS THIS IS A LAW WE ARE PASSING TO ENSURE WE
FOLLOW THE LAW.
SO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THEN A FEW YEARS
LATER ARE WE GOING TO PASS A LAW TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE LAW
THAT ENSURES THAT WE ENFORCE THE ORIGINAL LAW?
I DON'T THINK WE
NEED -- WHY DO WE NEED THIS ASPECT OF IT?
I KNOW WE NEED TO
GET TOGETHER AND VOTE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE REALLY
QUICK, BUT I GET MORE AND MORE DISCONCERTED AND SAD WHEN I SEE
OVER TIME EVEN THESE LITTLE THINGS --
>>LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS CLOSE TO NOTHING.
>>IT'S FULFILLING THE PROMISES WE ALREADY MADE.
>>REMMEBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE WERE, LIKE, WORRIED THAT THEY
WILL PROBABLY JUST BAN BUMP STOCKS AND LOOK AT THAT AS A WIN
AND LEAVE THE GUN CONTROL ISSUE ALONE?
I LOOK BACK AT THAT, LIKE
I WISH THAT WOULD HAPPEN, AT LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE BANNED
THAT.
BUT THEY COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT.
>>WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AFTER VEGAS, BECAUSE VEGAS DIDN'T HAVE
THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF NEWTOWN. 20 FIRST-GRADERS GOT MURDERED IN
THEIR CLASS, AND KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE, THEY SAW THEIR
FRIENDS DIE AND THEN THEY WERE MURDERED.
FIRST-GRADERS, THEY
ARE SIX-YEAR-OLDS.
THAT'S WORSE THAN VEGAS IF WE ARE GOING TO RANK THEM, AND
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
>>I STAYED AT MANDALAY AFTER THE EVENT, JUST BECAUSE I GOT AN
OFFER, BECAUSE I PLAY TOO MUCH CASINO SLOTS ON MY PHONE, THERE
WERE LIKE COME STAY FOR FREE, AND THEY HAVE MADE THE CHANGE
THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR KEY CARD BEFORE YOU GO UP THE
ELEVATOR.
YOU SHOW THEM THAT YOU HAVE --
>>THEY DIDN'T ALREADY DO THAT?
>>THEY DID, THEY DIDN'T DO IT EVERYWHERE.
>>THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY ANNOYING.
>>IT'S SO THEY CAN MAYBE REGISTER YOU AS SOMEONE --
SOMEONE CAN SEE YOU GO IN AND OUT, SO IF YOU GO IN AND OUT A
LOT WITH A LOT OF BAGS THAT'S ONE THING.
THERE WAS ALSO A
STORY IN THE NEWS HOW IF IT'S LONGER THAN 72 HOURS THAT YOU'VE
HAD DO NOT DISTURB ON YOUR DOOR THEY WILL JUST GO IN.
>>DO NOT DISTURB ON YOUR DOOR FOR 72 HOURS, YOU ARE GETTING
FRESH TOWELS.
WE ARE GIVING YOU FOUR NEW TOWELS, SOME HAND
TOWELS, AND THE MEDIUM TOWEL WHICH IS AN UNDERRATED BUT
MISUNDERSTOOD TOWEL.
>>UNACCEPTABLE.
SO YOU HAVE BAD ACTORS DOING TERRIBLE THINGS AND
INSTEAD OF PASSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAYBE PUT A STOP TO
THAT, INSTEAD EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE INCONVENIENCED?
>>IT'S THE TSA APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM.
>>THAT'S IT, NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE -- BY THE WAY I HAD TO GO TO
-- I WENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING THAT I WAS JUST
INTERESTED IN --
>>NERD.
>>AND IT WAS IN THIS BUILDING WHERE AS I DROVE THROUGH
SECURITY HE STOPPED ME AND MAYBE OPEN MY TRUNK.
THAT'S INSANE.