Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) indicated he would be willing to alter his recently failed background checks amendment Tuesday on CBS' "This Morning."
Manchin said some of the changes to the legislation may seek to allay concerns that background checks for family-to-family gun transfers are included in the current bill:
CHARLIE ROSE: What is possible in your judgment to get passed through the Senate?
JOE MANCHIN: I truly believe the background check bill is possible to get.
CHARLIE ROSE: Not the one that failed last time?
JOE MANCHIN: We have to make adjustments to it and find out where the comfort zone is but what we need to do really is be out and educate the law abiding gun owners like myself, people that might belong to the NRA or other organizations that don't believe this is a threat to their second amendment. This bill not only protects your second amendment but expands the second amendment.
The Manchin/Toomey amendment which would have expanded background checks to gun shows and internet sales failed last April.