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>> usually when abused women kill their abusers, they call the police and they are sitting there with the gun when the police drive up. >> okay. >> they dont try to evade responsibility. they admit what they did and they say, i didnt have any choice. pretty much as you are saying to me now. but they dont bury the body. and tell a series of pretty good lies over a long period of time. thats pretty unusual. >> okay. >> which suggests, to some people, that theres more to the story than you are tell...

Who committed this mass murder, and a lot of people have focused on that. is that fair to focus on? do you worry thats focused on at the exclusion of focusing on guns as well? does it have to be either or? >> we have an incredible high rate of gun violence. over 100,000 people are shot every year. 38,000 die for gunshot wounds. its not for one single reason. theres not one button we can push or lever we can pull to fix this problem. dangerous people getting ahold of firearms is an issue. we see ...

38,000 die for gunshot wounds. its not for one single reason. theres not one button we can push or lever we can pull to fix this problem. dangerous people getting ahold of firearms is an issue. we see that occasionally with these mass shootings. we need to address that. at the same time for suspected terrorists, domestic abusers to get their hands on powerful weapons without a background check is just crazy. and the sad thing about this entire situation is we know what works. we know that in the...

>> girls are getting mixed messages. when she stood up to her sexual abusers it was a very powerful moment. im kind of sad that that message is being diluted and hijacked by sports illustrated swimsuit. they have a commercial purpose. and i think they have hijacked the "me too" movement through aly, shes allowed that to happen. >> martha: she says on her body you dont have to be modest to be respected. i think shes saying, you know, she has the power to decide or not whether or not she wants to ...

We banned combat assault weapons. we required licensing for any purchase of a new weapon. better information sharing around mental health so we prohibited people who had been involuntarily committed from purchasing a weapon. we made it easier for law enforcement to take guns out of the homes of domestic abusers and had state police work with our schools to better protect the perimeters of our schools. politically it was not easy. bill rallies against all of the usual arguments, but we organized ...

To lead, not take temperatures, not to test every policy against the acceptability of the nra. and its simple things, background checks making sure weapons of war arent accessible to civilians in our community. making sure that those with mental illness dont get access to weapons. making sure that domestic abusers dont get access to weapons because their victims are 16 times more likely to be killed by weapons. i thought sandy hook was going to be it for this. but here we are after sandy hook, p...

Tragedy have been from our young people. the student voices have been so strong. they have reminded and, quite frankly, embarrassed a lot of the adults in our state who have done nothing. these students have asked that they want to be kept safe. they want their elected officials to do exactly what we were elected to do, and thats to lead, not take temperatures, not to test every policy against the acceptability of the nra. and its simple things, background checks making sure weapons of war arent...

Do, what most americans want to do and make background checks tougher so murderers like this kid cant get their hands on these mes of war. so domestic abusers cant get their hands on weapons of war. so terrorists cant get their hands on weapons of war. not so long ago, i think after newtown, one of the fbis most wanted was an islamic radical who was doing videos instructing islamic radicals hiding in the united states how to kill the most americans possible. what did he say? he said go to gun sh...

Say to them -- first off, meet with the cops, what do they need, a police commander was shot in chicago this week in the head. ask what they need to protect us. theyll tell you. then go to the country, tell your supporters, this is not gun control or violating the sec amendment, but a few common sense ways to keep guns out of the hands of people in the terrorist watch list who are allowed to buy guns if you can believe that, adjudicated from the mentally ill, domestic abusers, we can do a lot. m...

Because emotional arguments often rule the day. somebody will say well, thats my constitutional right to carry around an assault-style weapon. no its not. justice scalia didnt even say it was. well, the majority of americans are on my side. you live in a bubble. no, they dont. john, political calculus, lets talk about the political calculus here. when it comes to enhanced background checks to keep guns out of the hands of the criminally insane, to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, to kee...