>> if frankly, aymon it's shameful it wasn't. we also remember that it took ten years after an assassination attempt on president reagan for the brady bill to pass. things can take a long time in congress and i'll tell you this, i am confident in the long-term that we will get this done. i can't tell you when but it will happen because the american people know it needs to happen and the american people are with us for better gun safety laws. >> earlier you helped introduce a bill that would expand background checks for those trying to purchase guns. have efforts like these have any chance being passed on a national level, not just simply on a state level? >> if we could get a vote it would pass, i'm confident of that. in fact, 144 of us sent a letter as a bipartisan letter to speaker boehner, just on friday, hours before the shooting in oregon. we sent a letter asking him to call this up bill. i think about the pope having come and addressed congress ten days ago, and call on us to stand up for the american people and those most