appropriate steps should be taken to prevent them. my friend, john lott, has an article out today in "national review" and he says -- this is john lott, on sunday, hillary clinton slammed republicans for not being serious about protecting americans from terrorism. quote, how many more americans need to die before we take action? clinton asked in response to friday's shooting at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs, she believes that stopping such attacks involves commonsense steps like comprehensive background checks, closing the loopholes that let guns fall in the wrong hands, unquote. within minutes of the attacks in san bernardino, california, yesterday, clinton pushed again for more regulations. clinton wants to cut down on terrorism by prohibiting people

oever that person is, this patriot's name is on the list. well, john lott goes on, are republicans really putting americans in danger by posing new gun control laws? after every mass shooting, clinton and president obama have called for comprehensive or universal background checks, which would apply not only to the purchase of guns from a dealer but also private transfers of guns. however, it wouldn't have stopped any of the mass shootings during obama's tenure. last weekend, clinton, obama and other democrats issued their calls for new legislation before anyone even knew how the colorado shooter had obtained his rifle. colorado already had expanded background checks two years ago . umpqua regon before the community college shooting in october. france also had background checks system. so, too, does california, which