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>> tucker: thats negligible. very few guns are sold online. lets be adults here, thats silly. its true, i know the numbers. i know a lot about this. speak to people that cant pass a background check, where do you think they go to buy their guns? gun shows and online. they dont have to have a background check. it doesnt matter whether they are domestic abusers or -- >> tucker: just answer my question which is, these guns exist, these so-called assault rifles, these scary guns. what do we do with ...

And if that is not your position then you have to tell me what youre going to do with the hundreds of millions of guns currently in possession of law-abiding americans. those guns are not going away, they left virtually forever. >> john: and i think that is what representative eric swalwell is proposing. but i dont think thats where the american public is at. >> tucker: people are horrified when you tell the truth, and he chose to -- and by the way, hes not an extremist. hes just being honest. >...

>> and the goal is to take the guns away. you have to if you believe what you believe, but you dont want to say it because most americans would find it terrifying. law-abiding people would be punished. >> john: you are wrong, tucker. having worked with many influential democrats and having worked directly in the gun violence prevention movement, i can tell you you are absolutely wrong, that we want to see a smart, common sense -- >> tucker: stop with the propaganda language. i want to know actua...

Caused by guns, you have to get rid of the guns. you are wrong, but you wind up where swallow he believes he i. >> john: this is one of the more extreme examples but the reality is the vast majority of democrats and the vast majority of people who are in the gun prevention movement dont feel that way. men 90% of americans believe in expanding background checks to all gun sales, and other common sense reforms. i think most americans also believe the notions that we shouldnt have weapons of war on...

Guns away. settle down nutcase tinfoil hat alex jones guy. gun control advocates, stomach want common sense and control to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. ordinary citizens have nothing to fear from their government. so they always tell you, and you knew this but now it is confirmed, they were lying. in an op-ed published today, congressman eric swallow said seizing those weapons from millions of gun owners by force. so the cat is out of the bag. john summers is in communications...

>> tucker: thats negligible, very few guns are sold online. lets be adults here, thats silly. its true, i know the numbers. i know a lot about this. speak to people that cant pass a background check, where do you think they go to buy their guns? gun shows and online. they dont have to have a background check. it doesnt matter whether they are domestic abusers or -- >> tucker: just answer my question. these so-called assault rifles, the scary guns. what do we do with them? we let them remain in c...

Caused by guns, you have to get if you believe crime is rid of the guns. you are wrong, but you wind up where he believes he is. so lets just be honest about this debate. >> john: this is one of the more extreme examples but the reality is the vast majority of democrats and the vast majority of people who are in the gun prevention movement dont feel that way. what they want to actually do is meet the rest of the american public where we already are. men 90% of americans believe in expanding back...

>> tucker: okay. im every bit as upset people dying as you are. my question is not who has a bigger heart, my question is, why is this happening? if you are have guns then 50 years ago. they are not more effective than the guns havent changed. it used to be, the calibers are the same, and yet we have mass m shootings. its not the guns shooting, its insane. >> john: you can think background checks for reducing gun violence because background checks have blocked 3 million sales of guns to people w...

And it may be. john summers is a former communications director for harry reid, the senate majority leader of nevada and he joins us. things were coming on. i like this story because it allows us to have an honest conversation about what this would mean about reparations. by the way, im open minded about this as i am about all things. how would it work? what immigrants and there are a lot of immigrants in this country, newly arrived from say, mexico, have to pay for reparations? >> lets take a s...

After i came home from vietnam, worked with him at the veterans administration. people i served, john summers was another one that was killed in an ambush. theres an inventory of people that you remember. and you remember every one. >> you remember every one. we find that from the vietnam veteran, now the defense secretary, from the young people we have gotten the chance and honor to talk to here today as we look at some of the momentos that are left, the flags, the teddy bears, the beer bottles...