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Policy instead of emotions. you had the president yesterday talking about enhanced background checks, something that i have been pounding the desk about since newtown. >> and marco rubio, too, a little bit. >> that the republicans have been ignoring, that the nra has been teaching everybody that follows them is a violation of the second amendment. you have cornyn working with chris murphy on that issue bump stocks which seem so obvious to everybody but got brushed aside after las vegas. were goi...

Thats what i personally believe. right? but they will say because ive been fighting for background checks and limiting the purchase of ar-15s and bump stocks that i want to quote, destroy -- and theyll say to gun owners. joe wants to destroy your life. weve got other nra clips here where they are openly inciting violence against members of the media and if somebody dies, then the nra will be held liable for that. you look at those clips and you get that on the far right and then on the far left ...

That view other than justice thomas. i think most likely he would be outvoted 8-1, 7-3 -- or 7-2, 6-3. but theres so much misinformation going out there that you cant even talk about being sensible. >> no. >> without people saying theyre coming to take your guns, they want to kick -- its just like the nra in 1994 talked about jack -- what was it? >> jack thugs that were going to take away your right to free speech, your right to religion, your right to that. >> thats because george h.w. bush cho...

Of giving concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience, only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now be able to -- is he not done? >> yeah, i mean maybe just up there -- >> not be able to. >> so any way -- so the president has moved, though, it pains me to do this. >> go ahead, you can. >> i will defend the president. the president has moved on background checks. again, i cannot tell you how much resistance -- personally -- ive received as a form er nra-a...

Cultural issue. one is young people historically dont vote. thats sometimes why they dont get -- their issues dont get listened to. young people would have to vote en masse. gun control as an issue has always been a loser. remember in 1994 the democrats in part i think got wiped out because of the assault weapons ban, but also remember there are millions of good people like me and like you who own guns responsibly and when we can compromise on some issues for safety. >> right. >> but some of the...

Around my friends in southern baptist churches in all of those states and they all say the same thing. my daddys taken me out hunting since i was young. who needs an ar-15? i know there are people that collect. i know people believe the federal government is coming and they want to be able to kill as many police officers and soldiers as they can if the government is quote, tyrannical, but the rank and file of the nra does not think that way. the hunters that ive grown up with in southern baptist...

Year. there is nothing the nra can do to stop the tidal wave that is coming in november. we saw it in alabama. we saw it in northern virginia. we saw it -- virginia has elected two democrats who were vehemently opposed as governors, the last two governors by the nra and you look at the 25 districts that hillary clinton won that republicans now hold those seats? this is just another brick in the wall to quote pink floyd. this is another brick in the wall. >> well, thats what i was saying about po...

>> it does for me. this is a space that weve not been in before. when you go back to these other tragedies, there was outrage, there was frustration, but there was no sense of movement. there was no sense of the pieces kind of coming together finally to make the case to elected officials that this has to stop. the president to his great credit gave that voice yesterday in a way we have not seen before. now, whether or not he intended to let that jeanie out of the bottle its out. its going to be ...

Do you think that they are moving the way you think donald trump might be moving? >> thats so hard to tell because the country has suffered through so many of these tragedies. we thought there was momentum to do something and it fizzles out and nothing happens and the nra wins again so i hope this time will be different. like many have said, it feels like this time is different but when we go back next week in the house, i think well have a better sense of the chatter there, what people are talk...

Going to be voting. theyre all voting. >> and again, none of these students, many of whom had friends die, none are talking about kicking down doors. none are talking about confiscating weapons. what did you hear? common sense gun reform. make it harder for people to buy weapons of war. stronger background checks. more on mental health. casey, you were talking yesterday to political pro in virginia who had interesting insights about the nra. >> so i think one question especially in a lot of thes...