since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there s really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that s if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to sign legislation to reduce gun violence. i didn t say eliminate gun violence. the lawyer in me does not want to lead you astray. how about saving as many innocent lives as possible with some kind of action? whether public defenders in the bipartisan group of negotiators, who s working on a potential deal, said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that will prevent mass killings. a det
good. you are hearing of the reality of gun violence. now, at least 17 dead, more than 80 shots all across the nation just since friday. you heard me right. since friday as in today is monday. unbelievable. it is on pace of its worst year ever according to gun violence archive. that means 246, since the beginning of the year. the three-year uptick began where they began. in to 2020, 110 and last year we were at 692. with all those numbers, it is really one number to keep focusing on. i mean that s what america wants to do about these are horrible numbers. that is a number 10. 10 republicans in the 50/50 senate to sign on legislation that could reduce the number of gun relate dd deaths in this country. i didn t say eliminate all gun violence. the lawyer in me have to manage all expectations. how about saving as many as innocent lives as possible as some kidney of action? a senator said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that ll prevent mass killings. a
but you go on to talk about you want to be able to show that, hey, this incremental movement can mean not the end of your career. maybe the next time, here ducky, ducky, come on, more of it. is that too much to ask? that is low. you are setting a low bar. i think the question there s two things going on. one, your point about jermaine. the problem is that s a shifting goal post. every time there s a shooting or a weekend of violence, there are different remedies depending whether it is active shooter, mass shooter, rare event, what people would call street level or economic kind of violence. that happens. those need very different remedies and there are very different issues at play when you try to deal with it. that makes it tough. second of all, in terms of the low bar, sometimes you have what s called a catalyst event. and there are shootings where we think, oh, my goodness, how could nothing have been done, right? sandy hook elementary, for example.
it might surprise people. frankly, it shocks me at times, to realize just the availability of information. the idea that somebody who could be a judge, the assumption would be, by virtue of people who are trying to retaliate in some way, angered by choices you ve made and decisions you ve ruled on, that there would be an overwhelming desire to protect. and you know now i believe that? we ve seen it with the supreme court, with protests that have been happening. you have members of congress vying for something very similar as well. why is this such a difficult thing to try to pass? there is bipartisan support. what do you think is the actual hangup here? you know, i wish i could answer that question because it boggles my mind. i mean, this bill is bipartisan, bicameral. we passed the senate judiciary hearing committee with no objections. sen senator cruz, senator cotton, there s bipartisan support.
exactly. though for the record there was a movement there to try to hold gun companies liable. was it successful? no. but did it put on the table a new kind of question for people to raise, which is, like, can you hold manufacturers liable in one way or another? is that fight still worth having? we ll see. and right now the catalyst event coming off of parkland, unfortunately, were those sort of red flag laws, the kind of extreme risk orders that says if you re a risk to yourself and others, maybe your curb your access to weapons. i live 30 minutes from parkland, and i have a cousin who was killed at pulse. his name was jerry wright. in fact, his parent wrs republican voters and republican donors. and after parkland, under governor rick scott back then, we passed in florida a ban for 18-21 year olds where you have to now be 21. this is the same rick scott who a few years later got elected to the senate as a republican and