they would infringe on our second amendment constitutional right. joining me is actor and political can comedian hall sparks who supports gun control. he is from l.a. and the lead sicker of jackal and star of full throttle is a loan jesse james dupree, a gun rights advocate. i will start with jesse. your hometown of kennesaw georgia requires every home to have a gun. it was this response to a town in illinois that had pass a lou banning guns. and they they were getting so much national exposure. kennesaw passed a law saying every head of house hold must own a gun. the crime rate dropped. a huge point that the crime rate in kennesaw is less than
protection. the shotgun will keep you a lot safer. a double barrel shotgun than the assault weapon in somebody s hands, you know it s hard tore use an assault weapon to hit something that is a shotgun. okay? by the way, the new classification would include a number of rifles, shotguns, and hand guns as well. shepard: i mentioned the nra is all over this? here is reaction from the group today saying this, senator feinstein has been trying to ban guns from law abiding citizens for decades. it s disappointing but not surprise she s focused on curtailing the constitution instead of prosecuting criminals or fixing our broken mental health system. the nra says it s confident congress will not pass this particular bill. senate majority leader democrat harry reid, a long-time gun rights advocate, has been under pressure to act. he is hinting he may allow a measure to go to a vote, but only with a very liberal amendment process which could strip out the most controversial parts of the m
now, yesterday he did release a statement about his feelings on gun control. but at that point you were thinking, wow! wouldn t you like to hear from chris christie? his state is not too far from connecticut. it has one of the toughest gun laws in the country. i d like his opinion. and instead the first thing you hear out of him are thinks thoughts on this ad. i just think it really kind of cheapened the debate and cheapened his influence. he had a real opportunity there and he squandered it. yeah. it s not the first thing he said about the thing. i mean, he was here with us. you know, he went after gun control. it was what the media seized on because here you have a republican going after the nra. that s us. that s not christie. sure, but he s aware of that. he s aware of what he says and how it s going to be taken. he knew what he was doing when he came out so strongly against that ad. and i think it really muted whatever other sentiments, whether i agree with them or not, ab
gun control measures in the wake of the connecticut school shooting tragedy in december. and mr. biden met with the victims groups and gun safety organizations and he ll sit down with gun rights, n.r.a. and there s more fact than fiction i should say fiction than fact in the national debate we re suddenly having over gun regulations. lars larsen is a syndicated host, and he s back with me now. and lars, now we have a couple pieces of news of what exactly we re talking about. today we heard more on possible executive action by the president to curtail gun rights and we don t know what that means or what he could do to bypass congress on this issue, but the thing that had been released earlier in a washington post article, two things i want to ask you about as a gun rights advocate. universal background checks, one thing think want to do they didn t do in the 2004
senator joe manchin is a staunch gun rights advocate, said the shooting may be the tipping point. i don t know anyone in the sporting on hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don t know anybody that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting. but texas governor rick perry is taking the opposite view. he says he s fine with arming teachers if that s the way to keep students safe. concerns about new gun laws possibly go into effect are leading to a surge in firearms sales. many stores, including this one in indiana, are reporting a significant increase in the sale of semiautomatic weapons, including the ar-15, which was used in friday s newtown tragedy. many gun supporters are adamant that assault style rifles should not be outlawed. if you read the federalist papers, our forefathers wanted to protect the same type of guns that our military had. they were concerned about