Edited sentence: "   He claimed that most Kansans opposed new gun legislation, but national polls showed that vast majorities of Americans supported universal background checks   , including 80-89% of voters in neighboring Missouri and Oklahoma."  He did not address a specific plan to achieve this transformation or explain why it could not be done in parallel with sensible firearm legislation."  In reality, the Arms Trade Treaty said no such thing." Instead of regulating firearms, Pompeo proposed a transformation of an American "culture that degrades and cheapens life," which he considered a "much deeper, more malignant problem."No law or set of laws can possibly address in a meaningful way all of the challenges that we face today with a violent America.11 weeks after the December 14, 2012, mass shooting at Newtown, Connecticut in which 20 children and 6 adults were shot to death, Pompeo opposed changing any firearm regulations, even mandating universal background checks for gun purchasers.Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 2 April 2013, the treaty has no impact on the ownership of firearms by United States citizens, instead "regulating the international trade in conventional arms, from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships" in an attempt to "foster peace and security by thwarting uncontrolled destabilizing arms flows to conflict regions" to "keep warlords, pirates, and gangs from acquiring these deadly tools.He fiercely opposed American support of the "United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, also known as the Small Arms Treaty", alleging on July 26, 2011, that it was a "risk to American freedom today, [a] dangerous treaty designed to curtail our Second Amendment rights" that could involve "banning civilian possession of firearms.In fact, Pompeo states took to the floor of Congress to state that he "loves" his guns.Pompeo characterized the closing of the gun show loophole as "further gun control" proposed by President Obama "to fulfill a wish list for gun control advocates.Pompeo does not believe that regulating private ownership of firearms will decrease American firearm deaths, which were as high as 31,672 in 2010.Pompeo does not believe there is any link between the United States' highest gun ownership rate in the world (89 guns for every 100 Americans) and the 8,583 2011 gun-related homicides the FBI reported