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The nra convention. we see them often every couple years when there is a big fight in congress, over, say, the assault weapons ban or cop killing bullets. theyve lost a lot of those in the 90s under the bill clinton years. theyve been at the state level on all these things, on conceal carry laws. bringing guns to national parks. bringing guns into bars. bringing guns into churches. whatever. and it is hard to fight them in 50 states. the gun control groups just dont have the same clout or the sa...

Endeavor. theyll do it for 200 bucks. and so cases like this are very important, but theres got to be a lot more of -- this government has to be a lot more aggressive. >> give us the big picture. michael isikoff, youve been looking into this. whats the big picture on this? >> the big picture is this is a major way that the mexican drug cartels have been arming themselves for their bloody drug war in mexico, and that is using straw buyers in the united states to take advantage of weak u.s. gun la...

Door to tighter gun restrictions, can barack obama avoid it. you mentioned before, i think you are going to do something on campaign pledges the president made. this was one of them. he supported during the campaign a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban which included a prohibition on the manufacturer of high capacity magazines such as the one used by jerrold loughner in the tucson shooting. once taking office, the president and the white house pretty much dropped this issue as politically ...

Challenge is overcome, and the decision hailed by gun rights activists, and comes over the opposition of gun control groups, back in 2008, two years ago, there was a similar challenge in the district of columbia, washington, d.c., and it was struck down and judge sam alito, one of the five justices who ruled in the majority, saying, the right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as the substantive guarantee, not a prohibition. the ruling is handed down, something we expected today, in the u.s....

Deciding factor in siding with the courts conservative block justice samuel alito writing for them writing in a majority opinion: gun control groups sought a narrow ruling. >> basically they defined the second amendment as the right to have a gun in your home for self-defense. most other restrictions, background checks, restrictions on military style assault weapons, those are all still presumptively lawful. those are the things we fight for and try to defend. >> the high court also ruled in a s...

Legal resume, and based on the support he has from somebody important like orrin hatch, who has agreed to help shep herd his nomination through the senate, i think its a pretty silly argument. >> orrin hatch, of course, the senior republican senator from utah who is backing this nomination. senior administration official told me this entire flap is, quote, stupid. >> trace: major garrett live tonight on the north lawn. major, thank you. so the white house says the house will pass the health care...

Customers. we comply with local laws, and statutes in the communities we serve. and most states do allow people to carry, openly carry handguns, all but seven states, in fact. along with starbucks, stores consider open carry friendly include wal-mart, best buy, home depot and barnes & noble. pro-gun activists are using the companys stance as a rally cry staging meetups at starbucks stores where folks arrive armed. gun control advocates responding with a campaign of their own. dan string springer...

Times. amc movie theaters, petes coffee and california pizza kitchen ton name just a few. the starbucks protest arose out of the decision by petes coffee to make their business a gun-free zone. some of those gun groups used to gather there, when they got the group they brought attention to petes policy by gathering at star starbucks. some complained and that prompted a protest at the starbucks headquarters in seattle which brought out people on both sides of the issue. >> i dont allow guns in my...

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And sensible gun control activists, shannon, you got six bills out there. the one thing the nra has on their side is they say, we want you to have all your guns, dont tread on me, i like the second amendment. on the other side, there are so many passionate and strong gun control groups who are raising money who are getting their voice out there, but they dont have one single ask. do they need to get an ask together and push that forward? because its confusing. >> absolutely. i think weve seen mo...