Polls show a majority of Americans support background checks and other gun safety measures.
Outside the convention center, thousands of protestors rallied against gun violence."Let us commit ourselves right now to doing the hardest things that we can think of, because nothing about this will be easy," he said.
"This is a situation and a problem that's not going to go away, just wishing it goes away," said Turner."It's only going to go away if we step up and we take definitive action."
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