Brian Bilbray: “this is an issue that does cross the aisle. I think that those of us that really believe strongly in the Second…”

“this is an issue that does cross the aisle. I think that those of us that really believe strongly in the Second Amendment or the First Amendment or any of our given rights realize that reasonable restrictions on our freedoms are not a threat to our freedoms. They are one of the best foundations of guaranteeing our freedoms. I want to thank my colleague, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) for his tone of saying we can work together to address these issues. I would say to my Democratic colleagues, the President has identified in his State of the Union that we need more enforcement; we need to crack down on the people who are trying to purchase guns illegally. We need to do more. The President agrees with that. The Democrats should agree with it. The Republicans should agree with it. When it comes to the trigger locks, I am going to introduce a bill next week that not only identifies trigger locks but also recognizes that gun owners who have done the responsible thing and locked up their guns should not be held liable for the abuses of criminals. I think that is something we can come together on. We are not talking about in this conference very extreme proposals. What is not extreme is for us to finally now come together and let us take action on this. Let us not delay it. Let us move it forward and then the Republican and the Democratic proposals can come together and make it an American proposal.”