Martin Heinrich: “I have one last question for my colleague from Connecticut, and this one is probably the hardest one. It is simply why?…”

“I have one last question for my colleague from Connecticut, and this one is probably the hardest one. It is simply why? Why is this so hard? I stand here as a gun owner. I have looked at each of these amendments through the lens of what it means to be a law-abiding gun owner in this country, with both rights and responsibilities. That is why we have hunter safety before we ever go out into the field as a 12- year-old or a 13-year-old. I just don't see anything in these two amendments that is an unreasonable burden to someone like me. So why is it so hard to even have this conversation on the floor of the Senate? Why is it so hard to get a vote? And more importantly, why is it so hard to change these policies and these laws to try to make our country just a little bit safer?”