And then PeeDee, there's the whole speech - which I commend to your attention - (not just the fragment you picked) which also says in part:

I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms...
I believe the majority of gun owners would agree that we should do everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitives from purchasing weapons; that we should check someone's criminal record before they can check out a gun seller; that a mentally unbalanced individual should not be able to get his hands on a gun so easily. These steps shouldn't be controversial. They should be common sense.

You got a problem with that, too?