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Which they frequently are under the state system. with your experience in project safe neighborhood, do you believe that that -- an enhanced role for the federal law enforcement authorities to go after violent and repeat gun offenders is warranted? >> i do think its a very important part of that effort. i prosecuted as a line prosecutor quite a number of straw purchaser gun trafficking cases. then, of course, uas you mentioned, i think the model of having coordination between federal and state a...

System. with your experience in project safe neighborhood, do you believe that enhanced role for the federal law enforcement authorities to go over violent and repeat gun offenders is warranted? >> i do think its an important part of that effort. i prosecuted quite a number of gun trafficking cases and of course, as you mention, project safe neighborhood, the model of having coordination between federal, state, and local and figure out which cases can be done more effectively federally is a powe...

Bargained away, which they frequently are under the state system. with your experience and project safe neighborhood, do you believe that that -- enhanced role for the federal law enforcement authorities to go after violent and repeat gun offenders is warranted? >> i do think its a very important part of that effort. i prosecuted as a line prosecutor quite a number of straw purchaser gun trafficking cases. and then of course as you mentioned project safe neighborhoods, i think the model of havin...

Involving religious liberty in the next term. this case involves a cake shop maker, who was a same-sex couple, came to his cake shop. said we want you to make a cake for our same-sex reception. the shop owner said no, because of my beliefs that would violate my religious liberty and i wont be doing it. the supreme court will hear that case next term. two same-sex orders coming down from the court two years to the day after the rule that same-sex marriage was a right across the nation. >> thank y...

Representative to congress and debate the merits of a new law about concealed carry rights. correspondent nate from roswell, georgia. >> georgia is in the middle of two hot debates, one over who will represent the states sixth congressional district and the other on whether the governor should sign house bill 280, a more restriction mack restrictive version of a bill he had last year allowing firearms on college campuses. >> as far as guns on campus, i am opposed to it. i think the only guns on ...

As voters prepare dissenting representative to congress and debate the merits of a new law about concealed carry rights. correspondent nate from roswell, georgia. >> georgia is in the middle of two hot debates, one over who will represent the states sixth congressional district and the other on whether the governor should sign house bill 280, a more restriction mack restrictive version of a bill he had last year allowing firearms on college campuses. >> as far as guns on campus, i am opposed to ...

Fellow citizens, when a mosque is vandalized, or a kid is called names, that doesnt make us safer. thats not telling it like it is. its just wrong. it diminishes us in the eyes of the world. it makes it harder to achieve our goals. it betrays who we are as a country. >> there we have it. the final state of the union address from president obama. and he pressed for return to a core of american values, a return to tolerance and inclusion and also talking about gun issues for this country. seated i...

Strongman when it comes to gun issues. are you prepared to meet with him? >> megyn, lets be clear what this is about. this president is creating an illusion that he is doing something to keep people safe. he needs to do that because his policies failed miserably. he saw that in san bernardino when we add terrorist attack. this president didnt use it as an opportunity to unite this country. didnt use it as an opportunity to lay out a plan to defeat terrorism. he used it as an opportunity to impos...

Strongman when it comes to gun issues. are you prepared to meet with him? >> megyn, lets be clear what this is about. this president is creating an illusion that he is doing something to keep people safe. he needs to do that because his policies failed miserably. he saw that in san bernardino when we add terrorist attack. this president didnt use it as an opportunity to unite this country. didnt use it as an opportunity to lay out a plan to defeat terrorism. he used it as an opportunity to impos...

To gun issues. on the other hand, nothing will ever pass if the advocates for gun laws dont speak up, start to build a coalition, if the president doesnt talk about it, if the democratic nominee this year doesnt talk about it in a serious way, in a way that the democratic candidates have not done for about two decades now on the national stage, talking about the need for new gun laws. it will never happen. this is a process that if its going to happen, its going to take some time, some period of...