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Mentally insane or b criminals. >> maria, 7 out of 10. that sounds like a big number and thats a broad question that they want stricter gun control laws, is there a problem that democrats have not been able to hone the message and specifically put substantive piece of legislation behind this idea of stricter gun control? >> no, i dont think its been a problem of democrats at all when you have had many bills in the past that focus on universal background checks which 97% of americans support. its...

Credit. sometimes my friends on political left for get to do, actually acknowledge this is very much like a nixon goes to china type moment where were seeing president trump step forward. going back to e-mail, i said that is not something i would have signed off or been on board with at all but also, lets call balls and strikes here. im sure there are plenty of left to center and democrats out there sending out fund raising e-mails as well. lets call it both ways. >> im sure this isnt the first ...

Happened the last few weeks? >> whats interesting about that, actually the majority of nra members also agree that we should have universal background checks but yet the nra as an organization does not want to pass any kind of legislation that would keep any kind of weapon out of any kind of americans hands regardless of whether they should have it or not. i think that is the bottom line. they dont want to do anything and you just have to listen to wayne lapierres speech, anybody that is looking...

The nras policy, contrary to how it may look from the outside. its the membership through the elected board of directors of the nra that sets nras policy. >> from your perspective, what created your disillusionment with the nra? why did you decide to write the book? >> i wasnt so much disillusi disillusioned with nra, im a member and support what they stand for. there are times and this isnt one of them now, that nra is more interested in the politics of the interessue that could be of the brady...

Tighter gun laws, last week quinnipiac came out with a poll that showed 97% of americans support some form of background check. how is it that despite all of this public opinion and some of this opinion i should say comes from nra members as well, why does the nra still have such a strangle hold on any kind of substantive change to the gun laws? >> well, when you talk about the nra for starters, youre talking about the nra leadership or membership? because there are multiple nras and the nra lea...

Representatives who have been bought and paid for by the nra to actually pass the legislation that the nra is against. so well see what happens moving forward. what i think though is that these kids have completely injected a new -- a new day hopefully and hopefully they have injected steel into the spine of those who have yet been too cowardly to do anything at this point. >> jason, earlier today president trumps re-election campaign e-mailed this photo showing president trump with a shooting s...

Raising the age limit on gun purchases. but last week at the conservative convention cpac, the head of the nra restated the longstanding position that no changes should be made to the age at which a person can buy a firearm, even rick scottagr scottdisagrees with. >> im an nra member, i believe in second amendment. i believe in the first amendment and all of the amendments, i think most members of the nra agree with me, this is logical and im sure there will be some that disagree but im a dad. i...

Wrote a book about it. that book got him black listed by the nra for arguing that extreme politics in the focus on fund raising has corrupted the organization while distorting the opinions of many of the nras members. richard, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> i first want to ask you about this divide between the influence and the nra and weve heard democrats in particular criticize the nra as being funded by gun manufacturers and then pouring that funding into ...

We need to close these loopholes. we need to make america safer. no one should be buying guns on the internet to escape a background check. terrorists shouldnt be in our country able to buy a gun without a background check. if they can -- if were wrong about that their status, then in connecticut them get a hearing. and fairly rapidly. if it needs to be even more rapid, send it to the courts. but lets not sell guns to people who shouldnt have them. if we take that simple step, well make america ...

Count country able to buy a gun without a background check. if they can -- if were wrong about that their status, then in connecticut them get a hearing. and fairly rapidly. if it needs to be even more rapid, send it to the courts. but lets not sell guns to people who shouldnt have them. if we take that simple step, well make america a lot safer. and if other states would join connecticut, we would make connecticut safer. >> nr as initial reaction for this was kind of unusual for them. they kind...