In Memphis, Tennessee, there were 176 deaths because of homicide in 2018. Two hundred and--90 percent of those were result of gunfire.

I think that H.R. 8 is absolutely the right first step to closing this gaping loophole in background checks.

Do you think the people of Memphis could expect a reduction in that rate if we pass H.R. 8?

So, indeed, if H.R. 8 were the law, there is a goodly chance or a chance that an individual would not have gotten a gun, and those church people would still be alive?

Do background checks on gun sales also relate to less domestic shootings and domestic disturbances?

Did the perpetrator of that mayhem and murders, did that person pass a proper background check, do you know?

It is amazing how that coincided with the felon voting issue.

It is amazing. You know, in Memphis, we had a statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and it was recently taken down.

Our Constitution is a great document, I concur. But you have to remember that the original sin of this country was slavery.

It was part of our charter. And except for the Civil War and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, we would still be there, and we are still fighting it today.

I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was done for pernicious basis.