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A group of more than 850 mayors are releasing a new ad featuring hi dhadiya pendleton and her mom. >> congress is debating how to fix our gun laws. they can start with background checks for all gun sales. telecon gres to support common sense reforms so no more innocent children are killed. >> meanwhile, two super pacs throwing their support, a/k/a money behind candidates in favor of gun control. joining me now is mark glaze, director of mayors against illegal guns. it is good to have you here an...

Have been urged to join this group by school leaders, school teachers and administrators. the school described this conversation as a heart-to-heart talk between the president, who does know these streets, knows this area. his home is only two miles away from this high school. to talk to these young men about what its like to grow up in an environment like this, in a tough neighborhood, in a tough city. and i think that that is exactly why hes not here right now. i think this conversation is goi...

There are at least 300 million guns in the country and the nra is largely responsible for that. so its true youre not going to stop everything, but this is what you do with laws. you close the loopholes you can. by doing that you can make an enormous difference. all these mass shootings are mass because of a high-capacity magazine and assault weapon involved. the tucson shooting probably did happen because loughners records were not the the criminal background check data base and should have bee...

Background checks at gun shows? >> if youre a dealer, thats already the law. >> thats not my question. im not trying to play games here. but if you could, just answer my question. >> senator, i do not believe the way the law is working now unfortunately, that it does any good to extend the law to private sales between hobbyists and collectors. >> with all due respect, that was not the question i asked. nor did you answer it. >> but i think it is the answer. >> mark glaze, if we cant get it done ...

So there is just so much demagoguery and hypocrisy on that side that keeps the flame going, we have to just keep trying to -- like the op-ed you just quote, have to keep dousing those flames to try to get some of these modest limitations. >> and the epidemic continues. meanwhile gun violence continues day in and day out. just yesterday 15-year-old hadia pendelton shot in a park not far from her high school. she was in washington with her high school band where she performed in the inaugural heri...

You close the loopholes you can. by doing that you can make an enormous difference. all these mass shootings are mass because of a high-capacity 435 congressional districts in magazine and assault weapon the country and really only 35 involved. of them are in play. well, those that are held by republicans are still going to have this influence in them regardless of whether we refer to them as the tea party types. the tucson shooting probably did happen because loughners >> thats exactly right. r...

Weve got to stop being the but if you could, just answer my stupid party. question. and im serious. >> senator, i do not believe the way the law is working now its time for a new republican party that talks like adults. unfortunately, that it does any we had a number of republicans that damaged the brand this year good to extend the law to with offensive and bizarre comments. im here to say weve had enough of that. private sales between hobbyists and collectors. >> with all due respect, that was...

Just quote, have to keep dousing those flames to try to get some we also have saxby chambliss of these modest limitations. >> and the epidemic continues. bowing out rather than face a primary challenge. meanwhile gun violence continues the element of the party is day in and day out. going to be dominant for some time to come. is the tea party isnt over, but just yesterday 15-year-old hadia what i think you have is some of pendelton shot in a park not far from her high school. the more sober reve...

Heritage music festival. mark glaze, another criticism i hear from those that dont want any change to gun laws, if you take all that being discussed and you apply it to the mass shootings that have been so much a part of the news, they would not have prevented those incidents. im sure youve heard and deal with that. whats your response? >> well, its true in some cases. i mean, no law you pass is ever going to stop killing. there are at least 300 million guns in the country and the nra is largely...

Completely. i think its basic. >> senator, i think you missed -- >> let there be order! >> i think youre missing it. >> please wait. as i said earlier, there will be order. >> and the chair of the judiciary committee patrick leahy also tried to pin down lapierre on the same issue. background checks. >> should we have mandatory background checks at gun shows? >> if youre a dealer, thats already the law. >> thats not my question. im not trying to play games here. but if you could, just answer my q...