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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. lead Congressional Democrats to a news conference to unveil their new agenda, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Berryville, Va. House and Senate Democrats are offering a retooled message and populist agenda, promising to working Americans "someone has your back." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2016, file photo, broadcast personality and former Dallas Cowboys player Michael Irvin talks with people on the field before a preseason NFL football game between the Cowboys and Houston Texans, in Arlington, Texas. Prosecutors say there's insufficient evidence to file sexual assault charges against Michael Irvin, a former football star for the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Miami. A 27-year-old woman accused Irvin of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale in March. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, a woman holds up a picture of a bull during a protest against bullfighting in Madrid. Lawmakers in Spain's Balearic Islands have banned spectators under age eighteen, alcohol and the killing or harming of animals at regional bullfights. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Actress Kristen Bell - Height 5’1”
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James Mathew Bradley Jr., 60, of Clearwater, Fla., left, arrives at the federal courthouse for a hearing, Monday, July 24, 2017, in San Antonio. Bradley was taken into custody and is expected to be charged in connection to the people who died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat Sunday, according to authorities in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Young girls take part in a vigil at San Fernando Cathedral for victims who died as a result of being transported in a tractor-trailer, Sunday, July 23, 2017, in San Antonio. Several people died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, authorities said Sunday in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Men look at the remains of their properties at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 24, 2017. A suicide car bomb killed dozens of people as well as the bomber early Monday morning in a western neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital where several prominent politicians reside, a government official said. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
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This undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surface. In a report released on Monday, July 24, 2017, researchers said a South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for 8 1/2 years after stopping anti-HIV medicines _ more evidence that early treatment can occasionally cause a long remission that, if it lasts, would be a form of cure. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
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In this June 29, 2017, photo, Laura Manning poses with her Springfield Armory handgun in Decatur, Ga. Manning, a 50-year-old payroll specialist in Atlanta, is among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. An empty nester who is the mother of three children, she said she decided she needed to take responsibility for her own safety. "What's going to happen if something goes bump in the night? I need to protect myself," she said. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this July 5, 2017, photo, Markysha Carter poses for a portrait in Decatur, Ga., with her Taurus PT111 handgun. Carter, a 40-year-old marketing specialist for a bank. Carter is among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. She started taking classes but each time, "the nervous jitters" would creep in. Then about a month ago, she decided to buy a firearm for protection. She worries about remaining safe should she ever be stopped by a police officer. "As a black person in America, this is a major problem," she said. "You hope and pray you're following all the rules and that officer stopping you is following all the rules and doesn't have an agenda." (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this July 10, 2017, photo, Alicia Kelley poses for a portrait in Decatur, Ga., while checking the chamber on her handgun. Kelley is a 36-year-old banker who lives in Buford, Ga. She's among the ranks of the nation's black women who own firearms. "I fell in love with shooting at the range," she says. When she and her husband bought a home, they decided to buy a firearm for protection. "As times have changed, it's good to have home protection," she said of violence and the tension in today's unpredictable political climate. "It's so unpredictable. People used to hide behind the computer but now they're coming out. You don't know who you're going to run into. Nowadays people are acting before they're thinking." (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this July 19, 2017, photo, Dr. Janella Thomas-Burse, a 53-year-old gynecologist, poses with her SCCY 9mm handgun. She's among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. She only recently purchased a firearm, deciding to get one for self-protection. "It just seemed like it was a no-no and so dangerous," she said of owning one. "I like it but I don't get that adrenaline rush like a lot of folks. I'm still working with the comfort level." (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this July 10, 2017, photo, Lois Woods, an investigator with a career in law enforcement, poses for a portrait in Decatur, Ga., holding her Glock firearm. Woods is a firearms instructor and among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. She decided to become an instructor after going through the academy and encountering an instructor whose approach did more to instill fear than inspire her to be a good shooter. She now teaches at a range in metro Atlanta. It used to be rare to see a black woman at the range, she said. "When they come in and I'm walking out and they see my shirt (with the range emblem), they look at me with amazement," Woods said. Self-protection is the overwhelming reason she hears most women cite for learning how to shoot. "The fear of being a victim outweighs everything else," Woods says. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo, Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, describes how to line up the sights on a firearm during a class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo, a woman learns how to load a handgun magazine during a firearms class in Lawrenceville, Ga. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo,Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, teaches a student how to shoot a gun during a class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo, Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, teaches a group of women how to identify which eye is their dominant eye during a class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo, Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, goes over a list of firearms safety tips during a class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
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In this May 27, 2017, photo, Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, goes over a firearms safety tips during a class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
