Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated, “There may be no specific law” that would have prevented the shooting in Oregon on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” Blumenthal was asked, “can you point to a law, or a proposed law that might have prevented the massacre in Roseburg, Oregon?” He answered, “There may be no specific law that would have prevented that killing, but we’re still awaiting facts about how the gun was obtained, and what the signs of danger were in this individual. But the common ground here is, to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. For example, in Charleston, South Carolina, the shooter there was able to obtain a weapon because he made use of a gap in the law, a loophole that permits gun dealers to sell weapons after 72 hours even if a background check is not complete. Closing that loophole would seem to be common ground. No background check, no gun, if it’s a federally licensed dealer. And of course, more universal background checks for gun show sales, or Internet sales would seem to be common ground. Bringing together red and blue states or localities, and east and west, all