i'm proud to lead brady because the background check system that jim and sarah brady got through, let's be clear, with unanimous consent in the senate. let's think about that. in 1993, not a single u.s. senator voted against the brady law. and what we're looking at right now is senators who i do think are working very hard, some of them, in good faith with chris murphy, john cornyn, and others, trying to figure out a way through. what i will say is the american people desperately want change. brady is red and blue coming to purple, and we're hearing from gun owners across this country in record number saying "i have kids, i'm afraid to send them back to school in the fall." and senators have to deal with that reality. that's the reality of america today. and if you look back at the history of gun violence prevention from the 1934 firearms act to the 1968 gun-control act to the 1993 brady law, we have only ever enacted major change against the backdrop of horrific events. the string of horrific shootings, if it isn't enough to get the u.s. senate to act, i think the problem that we have

jim and sarah brady were republicans, they were -- the rally this weekend, these are kids, young peopleiolence who have said enough. there is no question in the minds of anyone at the helm of this movement or any of all of the folks of brady and the other groups, this is the beginning of much more needed change. and, by the way, we've accomplished that in state after state after state. the reason we have extreme risk laws, for example, and their support in this package is because 19 states and republican government governors have signed this into law. we're making law. it's the beginning, it's not the end. >> thank you for taking time to talk to us today. we appreciate it. >> just moments ago reporters asked attorney general merrick garland questions. we'll get that to you. >> and the average gallon of gas is now officially above $5 a gallon. are these prices going to ease up any time soon? plus, the big warning on what it could mean for unemployment. t it could mean for unemployment. thanks, dad. that's right, robert. and it's never too early to learn you could save with america's numb

guest: brady is an organization named after jim and sarah brady. brady was wounded and injured in the attack on ronald reagan's life and was his press secretary. since that time we have been working across communities and congress to end gun violence, with gun owners and non-gunowners alike. famously, the lesson we were in a room like this talking about legislation that was passing in the senate was for the brady bill and dr. jim brady. host: what year was that? guest: 94. host: here we are, decades later and you've got this bipartisan senate proposal on the table. do you support it? guest: absolutely. i think what we have here is a bill that certainly does not go as far as we needed to go to address gun violence in all its forms and how we experience it in america. but we also have a bill that is incredibly meaningful. the component and collective grouping of these policies will save lives and the fact that so many senators from both sides of the aisle are coming together to address gun violence in this meaningful way, even though there is a opposi

critics claim it will do little to stop a violent crime, brady's wife sarah has devoted the last seven years to getting the bill passed. >> it will begin to make a difference. it will begin to save lives. >> in four states that already have waiting periods to buy handguns, that seems to be true. 47,000 sales have been blocked after background checks. >> according to the brady campaign, background checks made a big difference in the nearly 30 years since the law went into effect, preventing a approximately 4 million prohibited gun transactions. data shows that states that require background checks on all handgun sales, have seen less than half as many mass shooting incidences as states without those expanded requirements, as well as 35% fewer deaths per capita. again, even though the scale of the gun violence problem has gotten almost out of control, there are small, marginal things we need to start doing. to add friction. to add impediments, to stop this from happening over and over. we have to stop -- we have to start moving the problem in the right direction, as opposed to the wrong

brady is an organization that is named after jim and sarah

brady is an organization that is named after jim and sarah brady. jim brady was wounded and injured in the attack on ronald reagan's life and was ronald reagan's press secretary. ever since that time, we have been working across courts and communities and congress to try and gun violence with gun owners and non gun on this alike. and famously the last time we were in a room like this talking about legislation that was passing in the senate was for the brady bill, named after jim brady. >> at what year was that? >> that was in 94. >> and here we are, you know, decades later, and you've got this bipartisan senate proposal on the table. dear support it? >> absolutely. look, i think what we have here is a bill that certainly doesn't go as far as we needed to go to address violent gun violence in all its forms and how we experience irritant in america. but we also have a bill that is incredibly meaningful. the components and the collective grouping of these policies will save lives. and the fact that so many sender senators from both sides of the aisle ar