(Newsmax)
Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday called on Congress to "modernize the background check law" and "the assault weapons ban," in the wake of a school shooting in California.
Clinton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon, "we haven't really passed any meaningful gun safety regulation in 25 years. That was a long time ago" he signed the Brady Bill and Federal Assault Weapons Ban into law.
He added, "we know that the background check law, when it passed, passed at a time when information technology convinced Congress not to include gun show sales, and when there were no online gun sales. So, it's needed updating all this time."
Clinton continued, "when that thing passed, and I signed it, it was a big priority for me, but we had 16 Republican senators and 56 Republican House members voting for the Brady law." Read more