If a person is on a terrorist watch list such that he or she is not allowed to get on a commercial airliner, that person is probably somebody. It ought to be harder for them to purchase a firearm. I'm for that. Things like expanded background checks and closing gun show loopholes, things like that. Things where we take a harder look at the, you know, the mental stability of the people who might be buying firearms. Again, it's not a panacea, but it's something that we ought to be looking into. (13:35–13:42)
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