A year ago, the House passed a bipartisan background check bill.  5th District Congresswoman Jahana Hayes says it has the support of over 90% of Americans.  Since then she says there have been 421 mass shootings and over 30,000 lives lost to gun violence.  Hayes called on the Senate to vote on the bill.

Senator Chris Murphy is calling on the Majority Leader to take up a House-passed bipartisan background checks bill that was sent to the chamber a year ago. 

This week, Murphy detailed the growing power and importance of the youth movement in the absence of federal gun safety legislation. He cited research, which indicates that nearly a quarter of all gun sales in the United States may occur without a background check.