It will shock and surprise you to know, I say to Senator Whitehouse, that it appears to be the latter. We had one of our colleagues come down to the floor and suggest there is a way out of this; that we could come together and work on a…

I think this is a wonderfully simple question which a lot of people are probably asking: What is the problem? Is there a catch? Why isn't there consensus? The simple answer is that there is no catch, and there is no secret agenda. There is…

That is certainly the way I remember the events as well. I remember one of the many chilling conversations I had in the 24 hours after the shooting in Newtown. One was with a police officer who remarked that it was a good thing Adam Lanza…

The margins involved for the industry in these very powerful weapons and these large-capacity magazines are big. So when you are attempting to put together a portfolio in which you are going to make a substantial profit in return for your…

The Senator has asked the $64,000 question, in a way, and I can hazard a guess. My guess would be this: that the nature of gun ownership has changed over the years. It used to be that over 50 percent of Americans owned guns. Most only…

That is the state of play, I say to Senator Whitehouse. We had Senator Durbin on the floor earlier today, telling the horrific tales of Chicago, for which the strong background check laws in Illinois make almost no difference on the…

The Senator is correct. Today, the estimates are that 40 percent of all gun sales happen outside of brick-and-mortar stores. And the secret is out that if you can't get a gun because of your criminal record--or in this case because of your…

I am no longer in my 20s, but I am saying that early preventive work has paid off in the long run.

I say to Senator Whitehouse, when I was in my early 20s, I actually ruptured two discs in my back, and so I spent a lot of time reworking my back in my later 20s to make sure that wouldn't happen again. That rigorous back work to repair my…

I thank the Senator. I am so glad to have my neighbor, Senator Whitehouse, joining us on the floor, and I yield to him for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I guess, I say to Senator Heinrich, if I had the 100- percent correct answer to that question, we probably wouldn't be here because we would probably have figured out how to solve it. It is such a unique issue in the American public sphere…

I say to Senator Heinrich, it is hard to understand why we wouldn't do that, especially when, as you noted, people on that list go in and buy a gun and they are almost universally successful in walking away with that weapon. It doesn't…

I thank the Senator for that question because that is kind of the red herring that gets thrown into this mix. Yes, we all agree we don't think people who are on the no-fly list should get guns, but it is about the mistakes that are made…

I thank the Senator for the question. The amendment that has been filed by Senator Feinstein is pretty plain in its wording. It says that the Attorney General can deny the transfer of a firearm based on the totality of circumstances, that…

I thank the Senator for his question. I really appreciate his outlining at the beginning of his question that not only is the Senator from New Mexico a gun owner but that he is a proud gun owner. He is an active hunter and somebody who…

I thank the Senator, and I thank her for the questions. I am thankful that my friend from New Mexico, Senator Heinrich, has joined us. I yield to him for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank the Senator for the question. I think it is a very dangerous message. I think it is the complete inability of this body to deal with important questions of the day. There is no doubt that we have disagreements. There is no doubt…

I thank my colleague. He is right. Charleston was almost a year ago to the day. But it is hard to keep track of when these year anniversaries occur because we are now having 1-year and 2-year and 3- year and 4-year anniversaries and major…

I thank the Senator from Colorado for his passion on this issue and for the personal decisions we wrestle with, especially those of us with children. I now yield for a question.

I thank the Senator for the question. I will forgive the disparagement of Connecticut's small size, but the answer is no. The only limitation would be that if any of those individuals were not permitted to fly because they were on the…

I thank the Senator for the question. I think the flood of special interest money into politics is the answer for why lots of things don't happen here, and, frankly, it is also the answer for why a lot of things do happen here. So I think…

I thank the Senator from Delaware who, earlier on the floor, talked about this notion that ISIS is on retreat inside the Middle East, and they have only a handful of motivations remaining for people to join their movement. No longer is the…

It doesn't seem to make much sense. For the question, we can only imagine what that court process looks like. Who knows what rules apply, who knows what the rights to discovery are.

I thank the Senator for his remarks. I thank him for his focus on assault weapons. We are asking for two different proposals to come before the Senate, not one on banning assault weapons, but it remains a passion of many of us. One of the…

I thank the Senator very much. I yield to my good friend, the Senator from Colorado, for a question without losing my right to the floor.