It is, I say to Senator Reed. If you think about what we are doing today, the individuals who are contemplating lone-wolf attacks are not building IEDs in their basements any longer. They are going to the store and buying assault weapons…

Had we had in place a ban on individuals who were on the terrorist watch list to buy a weapon, it only would apply to brick-and- mortar stores. Even if Omar Mateen was on one of those lists and even if we passed a law saying that…

It stands to reason that in the wake of this latest attack, we should wake up to the new tactics of our enemy. This is the new tactic of our enemy--to go buy these weapons and to use them against civilians. The genius of what we are…

I thank the Senator. I want to thank Senator Booker and Senator Blumenthal for being here from the very beginning. This has been miraculous in its own regard, not just being able to spend this time with the two of you but to have had the…

Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator talking about what a limited ask we are making here. Let's talk about the scope of the limitation on gun ownership. We are asking that those people who are on a terrorist watch list and on a no-fly…

Mr. President, when I go to bed at night, I lock the front and the back doors. It doesn't do much good to lock only the back door and leave the front door open or vice versa. That is what we are proposing. If we believe in a commitment to…

I say to Senator Booker, there is nobody better than you in making people understand the human consequences of inaction and the potential for human benefit of action, so I am not going to try to compete. Let me give the statistics. Let me…

I thank the Senator for the question. Connecticut is still dealing with this tragedy to this day. Newtown is a community that has not recovered. Connecticut wants us to act not just because they don't understand the inaction of this place…

Thank you, Senator Casey, for that question. I thank you for how you have conducted yourself since the shooting in Sandy Hook. I was remarking to Senator Warner on the same topic, but it was really you and Senator Warner who, in the days…

It will not have any practical effect on the law-abiding gun owners in Maine, and that is whom you and I are talking to. The only effect it would have is upon criminals or felons who are attempting to circumvent our laws and get weapons by…

It is correct. It is correct, and that is an important facet of the amendment Senator Feinstein has submitted. But it is also important, as we remarked earlier--perhaps when you were on the floor, Senator King--to understand the scope of…

Senator Udall was on the floor earlier, and he said somebody called his office earlier today asking why we were debating the Second Amendment today, and of course the answer to that is we are not debating the Second Amendment. There is…