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When I Think About What We Need To Do, We Have 33,000 People A Year Who Die From Guns. I Think We Need Comprehensive Background Checks, Need To Close The Online Loophole, Close The Gun Show Loophole. There's Other Matters That I Think Are Sensible That Are The Kind Of Reforms That Would Make A Difference That Are Not In Any Way Conflicting With The Second Amendment.

Despite Our Founding Principles And The Many Ways Our Constitution Has Protected Individual Liberties, We Do, Let's Admit It, Have A Long History Of Shutting People Out--african Americans, Women, Gays And Lesbians, People With Disabilities--and Throughout Our History, We Have Found Too Many Ways To Divide And Exclude People From Their Ownership Of The Law And Protection Under The Law.

Public Financing Would Fix Campaign Donor Problems.

The Children-my Own And Other People's-became The Passion Of My Personal And Professional Life.

I'm Not Interested In, You Know, Turning The Clock Back Or Pointing Fingers, But I Am Interested In Trying To Figure Out How We Come Together To Chart A Better Way Forward And One That Will Restore Confidence In, You Know, Small And Medium-size Businesses And Consumers And Begin To Chip Away At The Unemployment Rate.