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Aftermath of it. weve become numb to this. we talked about this after columbine and blacksburg, tucson. after newtown. after aurora. after charleston. . it cannot be this easy for someone who wants inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun. and whats become routine of course is the response of those who oppose any kind of common sense gun legislation. we spend over a trillion dollars and pass countless laws and devote entire agencies to preventing terrorist attacks on our soi...

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Ronald reagan. the power of the national rifle association is such in washington that lawmakers run in fear of the gun lobby. they dare not cross the gun lobby because they just -- in the next political cycle. that has been the calculus on the democratic party side, but things seem to be changing. carol, i think its quite striking. you know, when you go through these incidents and look at the cumulative effect, the president has had to come out and speak on this some 15 time. every time he comes...

Pass countless laws and devote entire agencies to preventing terrorist attacks on our soil, and rightfully so. and yet, we have a congress that explicitly blocks us from even collecting data on how we could potentially reduce gun deaths. how can that be? this is a political choice that we make. >> the presidents message sounds familiar, thats because hes had to do it 15 times following a mass shooting since hes been in office. some facts before we go on. according to a massachusetts gun control ...

A civil conversation. hows that going? >> for so long, the left and right would divide and the middle country idea logically and geographically was left out of the conversation. but over 70% of gun owners believe in solutions like background checks. they believe they could save lives and do support and protect their second amendment rights. so, you know, what weve done is try to put together the unlikely allies, we say, the republicans, the gun owners, the business owners, the people that have b...

That they do the same voluntarily. we are going to press for stronger laws. and the american people should hold accountable a congress that is by now really complicit in many of these mass murders by failing to act responsibly. and they can express that accountability this coming election. >> senator richard blumenthal, thanks so much. i appreciate it. quick note for viewers. next hour were going to hear from someone on the other side of the be debate. john lott is the auto arer of "more guns ...