Well, this solution being proposed, even if it only prevents 1 person, that could mean 50 lives or 100 lives. I think that is important. By the way, it is a dirty trick, Senator, to quote Justice Scalia on this subject. He did make it…

If you are for the Second Amendment, there are no limitations whatsoever, and if you talk about limitations, you are against the Second Amendment. Do you accept that characterization?

Don't you think one of the problems with this debate as it has evolved over the past few years is that it has become a kind of either/or?

And that is really the essence of what the Senator is talking about. As I understand it, there are two parts of what we are talking about today. By the way, the Senator is not talking about an assault weapons ban or magazine control or any…

But if someone says: Well, if that is such a small number, why are we bothering? Because it only takes one to kill a number of people.

I want to take a slightly different view than I have heard today on the issue of terrorism. I am on the Intelligence Committee. Every Tuesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon that we are in session we meet upstairs in a closed room. Ever…

I say to the Senator, I have a series of questions and some comments. First, I come from a predominantly rural State with a very high number of gun owners, a very low rate of gun crime. What you are talking about here today, adding the…

I thank the Senator. I thank him for his answers and thank him for his leadership on this issue.

It will have no practical effect. They will still be able to buy guns in either place. They would have to go through the instant background check and the law as if they were a felon or something like that. Then they would be prevented. But…

One of the odd things about this debate is that if this had been 15 years ago, I don't think we would even be having this debate. Background checks were generally uncontroversial. If we had would have had the terrorist threat, I couldn't…

By the way, I would mention that since the Senator has been on the floor today, 10 people have been murdered with guns. It is about one an hour. Since the Orlando shooting, 100 people--twice as many as in Orlando--have been murdered with…

And I find it hard to believe that if we were debating that law in 1993 under the current circumstances, that some cognizance wouldn't have been taken of the risk of domestic terrorists.

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Mr. President, before I make some closing remarks, I would yield to Senator Reed, who has been such an extraordinary partner as we have worked together in a transparent and collaborative way to bring this bill across the finish line. The…