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Different issue. in the early 1980s when the gun control groups started getting active they adopted this term really for fear mongering. assault weapon they use to define and the president using to define any gun that has four cosmetic features, general lay pistol grip so you can hold a rifle easier it looks like a handguns grip under the gun. whats called a folding stock which is just so you can adjust the rifle to your shoulder. if you are smaller like me you would make it shorter. things like...

>> when you see some of the energy thats coming out from the gun control groups, i do think that that is rare, and i do think that that is meaningful. >> i also just think that we talked a lot about the future of the republican party, and we will do so in more detail in the next segment, but if you are trying to appeal to women, to independent voters, to people anywhere outside of these sort of districts in the south and the middle west, its a -- lets listen to what david keene said about the ar...

>> thanks. >> chris: i want to put up remarkable numbers i saw. the nra contributed 20 million todays federal campaigns last year, $20 million and gun control groups gave $4,000. and 50% of the members of the new congress, in fact, more than half have an a rating from the nra. given all of that, how do you and other groups that feel as you you to hope to take on the gun lobby in practical terms? how do you match their money and their clout on capitol hill? >> look, are the nra is spent a lot of ...

Think this is the only one in jeopardy. >> shannon: you talked about the senates and the panel, all of these were expecting word from the vice-president with regard to gun control laws on tuesday, more or less, tightening up what we have. do you think congress is ready to make any substantive changes to what we have now? >> let me give you a couple of facts that i learned this week, setting up for the program. 1; last year, in the 2012 election cycle, the nra contributed $20 million to federal c...

Sort of three stools here, the gun aspect of it, the mental health aspect and in the society and cultural aspect of movies and videogames. let me quickly put in a plug and say on sunday, were going to have a really interesting debate because there will be a political campaign over this, martha. the nra as you say, other gun groups will start a very active lobbying campaign up on capitol hill but for the first time the administration is going to start its campaign in a large way, sort of pick up ...

>> reporter: on the left side of this. on the gun control side, there hasnt been a great deal, as a matter of fact. if you look at last years spending comparing just the national rifle association, never mind dozens of other prosecond amendment groups and compare its donations in the 2012 campaign to awful the collective gun control groups across the country its kind of astounding. the nra spent about $20 million on the 2012 campaign, just them. $4,000 total from all the gun control advocacy gro...

State. that there isnt some kind of tough restriction. so thats going to be an interesting test case in terms of the rest of the country and how much the gun control groups still feel that they can have an influence with elected officials because thats going to affect what happens here in washington, if anything happens here in washington. one thing i would pick up on what jon meacham said is it is about a culture of violence. of course it is. but there is that culture of violence in countries a...

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Principally focused at the federal level but over the past couple years, as we have identified a major opportunity and path to victory at the state level, because there are not a lot of quote unquote, gun control groups at the state level, the return on investment, just a little bit of attention on state legislatures can be pretty high. for example, in michigan, which is basically a republican government top to bottom, which is neither here nor there but also pretty pro-nra government from top t...

Rifle legally in colorado, although it is worth mentioning, and this is something gun control groups are emphasizing today, that the arl-15 was illegal a few years ago. it was banned from 1994 to 2004. that was lifted under president bush. president obama pledged during his campaign to restore it. he has dropped the issue. so the assault, that a.r.-15 is a legal weapon now. but it was not ten years ago. one other point, in addition to purchasing the guns, he also got 7,000 rounds of ammunition a...