the president had months ago said he was interested in dealing request this potentially looking into a ban on bump stocks but nothing really happened while his administration reviewed it. yesterday he announced that that review is essentially over and that he would direct them to propose new rules banning those bump stocks. we also heard yesterday from the white house there is interest in the building to addressing the question of how old do you have to be in order to purchase a semiautomatic weapon like the one that was used at this massacre in florida. sarah huckabee sanders, the press secretary said there s openness to it and there would be conversations about that going forward. also today, the president is going to be sitting down with some of the victims and students of the parkland shooting and also of previous shootings, including newtown and columbine in what the white house is terming a listening session about violence in schools, he s going to be joined by mike pence, the vi
overall nearly across. and the president tweets yesterday, whether we re republican or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks. yet we ve covered this so often, and the idea of i think of the gun show loophole in so many states where if you re selling a weapon and i want to buy the weapon, you can sell that to me, there is no background check. it s just hard to imagine that that would actually be taken care of. what are you sensing? first of all, those numbers are extraordinary. i mean, when was the last time we saw a poll asking any question whether they are that high? as you said, it was almost at that point after newtown in 2013 and congress did try. there was a bipartisan bit of legislation, piece of legislation in the senate to strengthen background checks. and it didn t go anywhere. so you know, unfortunately, i think it s not as though the issue has been that there s not
listen to this. mr. lapierre, do you regret putting up that ad? the point of that ad was this. it wasn t picking on the president s kids. it mentions them. the president s kids are safe and we are all thankful for it. the point of that ad they also face a threat that most people don t threat. tell that to the people in newtown. do you think the president s children are in the same target as other children in america? that s ridiculous and you know it, sir. amen to chris wallace there. keeping it real with wayne lapierre. look, one thing i ve noticed is the president is living like a sultan and michelle obama runs away from a reporter and starts shouting benghazi, benghazi. but it goes back to this upity negro and or living off of the
convention. how much do you intend to be involved in this gun safety movement that is sweeping the country and trying to influence political figures? you know, i m in it. you know, whatever and however i can extend a hand, i plan to take it to help change the laws to make others safe. you know, what i am experiencing is unreal but it is my life and if i can save someone else s child, i d love to be involved in that movement. mark, quickly, i know that the nra has a robo call to people of connecticut, including newtown. the robocall, let me play it to you quickly. despite an outcry of public opposition, antigun legislators are aggressively pursing numerous proposals that are designed to disarm and punish law-eye biding gun owners and
week sarah palin showed up at a basketball game wearing a krik fillet t-shirt, the same week she s wearing the t-shirt the same week that p boss the boss came out opposing same-sex marriage. the party wants to move forward but with stunts like this, it seems like she s intentionally trying to hold them back. well, not obama is she holding them back whether it s directly or indirectly, we saw the same type of sarah palin shenanigans. we saw her referencing her guns and poking fun at it when we re still dealing with the fallout from newtown and the disastrous gun violence that has stricken communities.