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Do you believe there is a space for an organization like the former nra that you knew? >> oh, i absolutely believe that theres an organization thats dedicated to the proper and sane treatment of the second amendment. i dont happen to agree with justice scalias opinion in the heller case, which of course created the right of personal ownership of guns, but i think that theres an organization that can represent responsible gun owners, people who dont want to have these extended magazines or drums ...

Senator. youve talked about being in, in your words, embarrassed by some of your own stances on guns. i wonder you think, senator, that it is that prior "a" rating or the brief you wrote to the supreme court in the heller case calling to overturn the handgun ban in washington, d.c. do you think that part of that is contributing to your struggle to rise in the polls in the democratic primary? >> no, not at all. in fact, ive had a proud "f" rating for a decade and have been leading on this issue. ...

Have reformed. we know who is attracted to those auditor yumz aiums and th parks where he speaks, and they will give him the incentive to reverse the hype. >> i wasnt surprised to hear the radio silence of republicans on guns. i am surprised that republicans arent speaking out about domestic terrorism. im old enough to remember that republicans were pretty alarmed by anything with the t for terrorism in it. >> in fact, a lot of the fear and anxiety about the national rifle association has limits...

Its hard to say that there are limits to this, but there are. and, in fact, the nra right now is convulsed by a lot of the internal problems. but if republicans will actually read the 208th supreme court decision in the heller case, striking down a district of columbias severe law that says you can only have a handgun for personal defense if it was dismantled and locked up and therefore was no good for personal defense. there is nothing in the heller decision rightly and sensibly read which i th...

Those auditoriums and those parks where he speaks, and they will give him the incentive to reverse the hype. >> i wasnt surprised to hear the radio silence of republicans on guns. im old enough to remember that republicans were pretty alarmed by anything with the t for terrorism in it. >> in fact, a lot of the fear and anxiety about the national rifle association has limits. its hard to say that there are limits to this, but there are. and, in fact, the nra right now is convulsed by a lot of the...

Disaffected or lonely or angry, but the access we have to guns in this country is like almost no other place in the world. >> yes. and i just spoke with "the new york times" about this very issue. one of the things we saw, for instance, last year. we had 22 homicides committed by extremists of all stripes. 17 of these were guns, four knife, i think one vehicle. this year its almost all long guns. bottom line, were looking at young people. so we can look at a variety of restrictions. the supreme ...

Banning bump stocks. we saw universal background checks being passed in the united states house of representatives just last month. so there are, think, common sense, common ground place wheres folks can start that we dont have to, again, wait until the next mass shooting. but the idea that weapons of war should belong on the streets in america anywhere, i just think is a little farfetched. >> i want to move on to a different subject because we have a lot of to discuss, but i just want to say, i...

>> yes, because you needed five votes to lift the injunction that was blocking it, and the five conservatives, led by chief justice john roberts, said yes, and ruth bader ginsberg, sotomayor said no. so you had that fault line there. >> same question on guns. theyre just saying well take the case, but its been nearly ten years since they took a gun control case. is this the conservatives saying, we want another whack at the heller case which is defi defining definitions? >> absolutely. and the c...

Unequivocal right to bear arms to every individual. >> thats exactly right. he was reflecting the conventional wisdom of centuries. it was only a decade ago that the supreme court in the heller case said that there was an individual right reflected in the second amendment. those well-regulated militias, which are foreign to us, were actually quite important to the founders. they believed they were a bulwark against tyranny and they were worried that the big, strong new central government might c...

Amendment did not confer an unequivocal right to bear arms to every individual. >> thats exactly right. he was reflecting the conventional wisdom of centuries. it was only a decade ago that the supreme court in the heller case said that there was an individual right reflected in the second amendment. those well-regulated militias, which are foreign to us, were actually quite important to the founders. they believed they were a bulwark against tyranny and they were worried that the big, strong ne...