McConnell: ‘There Is a Constitutional Right in Our Country’ to Own a Gun

MCCONNELL: "Yes, let me tell you what we agree on. We agree that terrorists shouldn’t have weapons. We agree that if you’re on those lists, you should not be immediately able to purchase a firearm. We all agree on that. The problem is, we have a difference of opinion about a permanent blocking of the ability to exercise a constitutional right. Whether people like it or not, there is a constitutional right in our country to own and possess a firearm. So, we had a disagreement as to the point. What burden of proof would be required to permanently ban somebody? We’re very close to reaching an agreement on this. I hope we can. But we had a lot of votes on it this week. I think this is an issue, obviously we’ll be revisiting again in the future."