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If they want to compromise, having it locked up at some shooting range, maybe thats something that democrats could go for. >> i think we could get it done and i think that were going to get it done, notwithstanding the naysayers. lets have some votes on some of these things and see how these members actually vote rathder than willing to protect their constituents and take care of their responsibility to make this a safer country. >> well, i think we need to call the roll because i think the peop...

>> joining me now is ryan grim and congressman fattah. will those powerful words from the sandyhook parents help keep the pressure from the new gun laws? >> i believe that were going to see real success. the vice president is going to offer a package that i think every measure is going to be reasonable and effective. the notion around universal back dwround checks, very important. almost 40% of the people who buy guns in our country or guns are transferred to them have no background check. 90% o...

Newtown, supposedly, they had these guns to do target practice in. lets have gun safety lockers at the target practice range. we need to ban any future sale and we need to try to work so that those who do own them, if theyre not for home protection, lets have them in a safe place. >> let me ask this. you mentioned the assault weapons. ryan, let me come to you on this. you know the congress. and there are those that are saying that they are not going to do anything in terms of gun reform. some of...

I am concerned until we get it done. that being said, i am -- some of my republican colleagues like michael grim and peter king who have stood up and fought on behalf. >> and the constituents are directly affected. >> congressman meeks, great to have you here. good luck when you get back to washington. we only have about a minute left. let me ask you, ryan, this afternoon is the deadline for submitting amendments to that bill, are we going to see another big battle? >> were going to see a huge b...

Arms perhaps slavery might not have been a chapter in our history. >> to follow that litany, lets get to msnbc political analyst karen finney, ryan grim, washington bureau chief of the huffington post and lynn sweet swef of the chicago sun times. this week the forces of proliferation are now comparing the president to hitler and stalin. is this not an indication, ryan, that if mental health is a key determinant of gun ownership, these individuals must surely be disqualified. >> you know whats in...

Plan to hire 22 former state troopers for $230,000. they also paid for a new insurance policy. i wonder, ryan, these fights in washington over money, will they play into this at all? >> i think the fight over money is one reason that some democrats are actually going to be okay with more funding for police officers at schools, if the school wants it. because those are state workers and thats stimulus and more jobs for people. and if the school does want them, youre going to have plenty of democr...

Dont use grenades anymore and machine guns anymore and thats because of laws that we have in place. its a question of what kind of society do we want. if we say its not a priority of ours to ban assault weapons, then well have a society that has millions of assault weapons. thats a question we have to ask. >> lets me bring in gregory meeks. thanks nfor coming in. to ryans point about what kind of country do we want to be, we saw in staten island residents voted to put armed guards in schools and...

Limited money appropriately. so theres going to be a fight but maybe to some extent there should be some scrutiny also. >> ruth marcus, ryan grim, thank you. new numbers just came out moments ago from the cdc. they show the number of flu cases still elevated although they may be decreasing in some parts of the country. the report says 47 states are now reporting widespread flu activity. last week it was 41. well have much more on the flu still ahead this hour. how does this thing work? oh, i l...

Executive orders for what? taking guns. confiscation. >> ryan, he appears to be whipping up a frenzy that has no basis in fact. isnt this also highly irresponsible knowing that there are people in this country who take their cues from repugnant buff fons like that man? it depends on what hes responsible for. i mean, hes responsible for getting ratings and whipping up his base and thats what he does. but because the confusion about the second amendment is so pervasive, lets just correct the histo...

They can stop worrying about it. and wall street, and the global economy, and everybody for that matter would breathe easier. >> ryan grim, thank you for joining us. thank you. and coming up, gabrielle giffords on his side. and chris christie attacked republicans again for slacking off on help for the victims of hurricane sandy. and big surprise, a mississip mississippi congressman who begged, begged for katrina money had the nerve to vote against sandy money, which got him little bit of...