these are commonsense things that the majority of americans, gun owners, nongun owners, republicans and democrats, these are majority of americans who support these policies that are proven. for example, we know that it's true in states like connecticut that instituted commonsense background checks, they saw firearm homicides drop by 20%. and states that implement laws blocking perpetrators of domestic violence see significantly -- upwards of 10% reduction of homicides by people's intimate partners. in 2009- 2009-2013, states saw r gun deaths per capita than states that didn't. this is fact. we know that commonsense gun safety supported by over 80% of gun owners, over 90% of americans will save lives. dr. king once said and i'm paraphrasing here, that morality kind be legislated but behavior can be regulated. that the law can't make someone love me but it can stop them from lynching me, that the law can't change the heart but it can restrain the heartless. we know we have the power to make the change. now, this is no panacea. these ideas won't solve all the problems, but they can make a

. >> i think if you with to ask any single american gun owner or nongun owner, that i want to make sureilies are safe and protects their families and they want to have safe communities to live in. >> you know, i always find there's far more agreement on this gun issue than you can possibly imagine but we never bother to ask the right questions first. >> former nra lobbyist richard feldman now runs the gun owners rights association. >> who here thinks it's a good idea for violent predatory felons, crazed, emotionally charged lunatics, and unsupervised juveniles to have access to guns. >> reporter: a gun rights activist for more than 30 years, feldman thinks as long as the second amendment rights are protected 75% of the american gun owners are open to restrictions. >> are you against gun control? >> that depends. i'm in favor of gun control law that are intended to and keep guns out of those three identified groups' hands. >> feldman is among those who believe the emotion in the wake of the parkland shooting will fade in terms of affecting public policy, but those latest poll numbers fro

if you poll the american people, 60%, 70%, 80% americans left, right, conservatives, gun owners, nongunst majority of the public are behind these measures. we have to keep our nation safe and it's a simple choice. this is not complicated. this is not rocket science. we just let the political will we as adults valued our guns more than our children and our children, our teens are saying that's not good enough any more and they will lead this change. they are leading this change. >> part of the conversation around the gun debate has been around the political rhetoric being used. you talk about people who value guns over kids. do you really believe people in congress value guns over our children. >> we are obsessed with guns and we allowed a body count of children and adults day over day, year after year, decade after decade doesn't happen in england, australia, japan, canada. so i absolutely believe we've been obsessed with guns to the point we're willing to have -- there's an acceptable body count each year in america that's not acceptable in other nations. yes, i absolutely believe that

i would think -- i think i saw a statistic, 90% of gun owners and nongun owners agree on that issue.> will you support university background checks? >> how we move forward on that and allowing federal, state and local to go through and have the same information to approve a background check, i totally agree with that. where we draw the line, that's the debate. >> we have to leave it there. i appreciate the debate, a debate, god help us, i hope our country continues on this issue. thank you very much. >>> don't miss a very special town hall this wednesday, survivors of the florida school shooting joining cnn to talk about the tragedy and the action that they're demanding out of washington right now. what we're talking about, continuing this debate. that is going to be this wednesday night, 9:00 eastern time, only here on cnn. still ahead today, rick gates makes three, another former top trump aide set to plead guilty and cooperate with the special counsel's investigation. we'll tell you who he will testify against, that's next. gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea can start in the

the american people, gun owners and nongun owners. nra and nonnra agreed basically on background checks, limiting weapons that become weapons of mass destruction. people agree on who and arguments about gun safety and preparedness and waiting periods. these are all very concrete ideas. on the mental health side, the woman who stood up and said most people who have mental health issues are not the ones who are shooting up the place. that's a dodge from a difficult issue of dealing with the fact that we have a proliferation of guns. more guns and people in our country. it's crazy. >> dana: kimberly, i will give you a chance to remark on anything you want. >> kimberly: thank you. listening to the students expressing themselves so passionately and eloquently that they want to do something about this. the passion and because of their life and they weren't going to forget it. we owe that to the children, the students of america, to make sure that when they go through the school doors in the morning and the bell rings to go sit and pay atten

we need to put up the other options for gun owners and nongun owners.need to put up other options to our legislators and say there are things that you need to do that protect our kids now. and it's not about the gun lobby. it's not about gun control. it's not about guns everywhere. this is about what we can do together. and there's a stop school violence act. there are democrats and republicans supporting it. it's a bill that should get through and be passed into law quickly. erpos, fantastic state legislation. the nra is not a factor in the conversation about extreme risk protection orders. it's about people and that can happen. i kind of minimize the nra leadership. they are not part of what i'm focused on. i'm focused on talking to people and saying there are things you can do regardless of the nra, regardless of politicians who might not know which side of history they want to be on right now. there are things you can do. >> there is something our president can do. he's going to speak at 11:00 a.m. today. what do you want to hear from him? >> i want

pew poll, twice as many gun owners said they contacted a public official on the issue of guns than nongun owners. but there are signals, republicans in suburban districts may sense a change in the political climate. a florida congressman whose district mr. trump won by nine points came out in favor of an assault weapons ban friday. >> i spent my life trying to defend this country, and i can't stand to see the weapon that i carried in defense of this country used to kill kids. >> still, most red state and rural democrats are wary of the gun issue, worrying it will energize the republican base. five senators who caucus with the democrats voted against assault weapons ban in 2013 and they're on the ballot this year. and democrat connor lamb, running in pennsylvania special election where voters go to the polls in two weeks made it clear he does not want to run on gun control. >> the majority of americans who tell pew and other pollsters they're in favor of banning assault weapons, you do not support that. >> i do not support that. >> joining me, senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, the republ

ever contacted an official and talk to about this specifically, 21% of owners said yes and 1% of nonguners said yes. is that number going to change because of what we saw in florida is the question. >> allhis is hapening in an election year. tamera keith, you just me back from fresno, california, where something interesting happened to the state's longest serving democratic official, dianne feinstein, her party voted not to endorse her. why is that?a can we rd anything more into this. >> it's that they couldn't coalesce behind a candidate. she has a challger in the primary, kevin deleon, who is al a democrat, and got more support than she did from theat party at the state party convention. he didn't get the 60% to get the endorsement. but dianne feinstein has long had the issue in california where she has been seen more moderate tn her veryli bright-blural state, and that energy is reflected in the activists that are part of the state democratic party. >> got it. amy, quickly, democra sa they're targeting 100 seats. is that realistic? >> they have intensity and they want to take advanta

now if you look at the states, nongun-owning households.lity is it is a political issue, lucy. gun owners are single-issue voters. are there enough people like you who say we need reform who are willing to vote that way? >> absolutely, joy. there are candidates that i'm meeting all over the country that people commendate citizens that say enough is enough. they're not concerned about our public safety. i meet people like this every single day across the country. moms demand action, we've created an entire campaign that helps support and begin to train these people that want to stand up and do more about their public safety. it's imperative that we do so. it's imperative that everyone understand that you can do something. you can be involved in the process. we have to act. prayers and thoughts are not enough. >> and, andrew gillum, rick scott, the current governor of the state, is saying he has decided the enemy is the fbi. he wants to see the director of the fbi, mr. wray, step down. what is your answer to that? >> first of all if there wer