President Obama, Senator Dianne Feinstein and more lawmakers are calling for stronger gun control measures following Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 victims.

California Congressman Xavier Becerra is among those asking his colleagues to bring the issue to the House floor.

"At least let members of Congress take a stand one way or another on whether it's time to make sure we have universal background checks on anyone who wants to purchase a gun in the United States," he says.

"It's taking steps wherever we can," he says. "Simply having a lot of assault type weapons out there doesn't help."

But other lawmakers in the state do not share the same sentiment.

"I'm wholly offended we're talking about this right now. Right now, my heart aches for the family of the victims," says state Rep. Marc Steinorth, who represents San Bernardino. "It's wholly irresponsible to use this senseless tragedy to try and move forward someone's political agenda."

All four of the weapons involved in the mass shooting were obtained legally, and California has some of the strictest gun control measures in the country.

"You can't stop people from doing bad behavior," adds San Bernardino county supervisor Curt Hagman. "When illegal activity is going to happen, to have a violation or misdemeanor [in your background] is not going to stop a murderer from taking someone's life."