Schumer Calls Universal Background Checks Top Priority on Guns

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer signaled Democrats will renew a fight to expand background checks for gun purchasers following last week’s mass shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school.

"Our No. 1 priority is going to be universal background checks," Schumer of New York said on a conference call Wednesday. That includes ending the exemption for weapons sold at gun shows, he said.