according to the charlston loophole, you get to buy the gun. they bought the gun and he killed innocent people who invited him to pray with them. reauthorize the violence against women act. [applause] close the boyfriend and stalking loopholes to keep guns out of the hands of people found by the court to be an abuser and continuing threat. i held over 1000 hours of hearings to pass the violence against women act. one thing came through. if, in fact, a stayaway order, an order preventing the abuser from coming within a certain distance of the person he or she has abused, and now the idea that they can own a weapon, and have a court order saying they are an abuser? these are the best tools we have two prevent gun violence and save lives. all of these bills have support of democrats and republicans in the house. universal background checks are supported by the vast majority of the american people. the vast majority of responsible gun owners, i might add. this is not a partisan issue among the american people. this is a view by the american people

second thing, we are closing the charlston loophole. like many people here i spent time at that church in charleston. what happened is, someone was allowed to get the gun used to kill those innocent people at a church service. if the fbi did not complete the background check within three days. there is a process. if it was not done in three days according to the charleston loophole, you get to buy the gun. he bought the gun and killed a lot of innocent people who invited him to pray with them. and three, reauthorizing the violence against women act, which so-called -- [applause] --closed the boyfriend and it's talking loophole to keep guns out of the hands of people found by the court to be an abuser and a continuing threat. i held over 1000 hours of hearings in the violence against women act. one thing came true. if in fact a stayaway order, in order preventing the abuser from coming in a certain distance of the person he has abused or she has abused, now the idea that they can own a weapon when they have a court order saying they are