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Guns or take them away. >> he can say whatever he wants. this isnt about wayne lapierre. this is about a public wanting to be safe on their streets. this is about the public having the right to buy arms and the right to protect themselves and the right to use them for sport or hunting. but, also, its about the publics right to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. thats in everybodys interests. if you go back to 1999, wayne lapierre testified on behalf of the nra that bac...

Most things. i do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom and that is, for example, if youre drinking we shouldnt let you drive because youll kill somebody else. if you are carrying a gun, we shouldnt let you on an airplane. theres a lot of things that we do -- if theres asbestos in the classroom we should remove the kids from classroom until you clean the air. if you want to own a gun, i certainly think its constitutionally protected. you certainly have a right to have ...

Shouldnt let you drive because youll kill somebody else. if you are carrying a gun, we shouldnt let you on an airplane. theres a lot of things that we do -- if theres asbestos in the classroom we should remove the kids from classroom until you clean the air. if you want to own a gun, i certainly think its constitutionally protected. you certainly have a right to have a gun if you want. if you want to eat a lot and get fat, you have a right to do it. but our job of government is to inform the pub...

The only question is are you going to deprive gays and lesbians of this right because of their sex or the sexual orientation. >> handicap this. the "time" magazine about justice kennedy that he is the decider, how do you think this goes? >> im not going to get in the business -- >> youve talked about this already. youve been doing the handicapping. you dont think it will be close. >> what i said -- i think were going to win but i dont think were going to win 5-4. i think this is a basic civil ri...

Constitutional right to marry for gays and lesbians? >> every time the supreme court makes a constitutional decision, its making a decision -- a certain fundamental rights are too important to be left to the ballot box. weve done that with race. weve done that with women. weve done that with every discriminated class. and, remember, when the united states supreme court outlawed the bans on interracial marriage in 1967, 64% of the american people opposed interracial marriage and yet when that dec...

The court. >> do you think its possible the court makes a decision that doesnt resolve the rights question? in other words, it doesnt resolve whether theres a right to marry? >> they could. theres a technical issue called standing thats raised here and the court could decide that the defendants dont have standing. that would result in allowing marriage equality in california because it would affirm the district court, but it would not have any general applicability. >> we will be watching, mr. b...

Then, marriage equality. do gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marriage? the supreme court is taking up the question. well discuss how far the country has moved on gay marriage politically, but is there still a ways to go? one of the key lawyers in the fight, david boies, joins our discussion. plus, the president in the middle east. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> you are not alone. >> how did he do? analysis about his new push for peace and new warnings for syria and iran. a...

Gores attorney during bush v. gore which effectively closed the book on the 2000 presidential election by ending the florida recount and mr. boies is with me here. good to have you. >> good to be here. this time i have ted olson who is representing me. >> thats right. you guys are a team here which is striking. pick up on this conversation. what is it that you need the court to decide in lay language? >> sure. at the very beginning of this case, we said we needed to prove three things. we needed...

Its their responsibility. that would make people safe. put programs like project exile in every american city where if youre a drug dealer, a gang member, or a felon and you touch a gun, its a 100% certainty youre going to be prosecuted and taken off the street. that ought to start tomorrow morning, but it wont do it unless the national media gets on the add min strax and calls them out for their incredible lack of enforcement of these laws. >> were going to leave it there. wayne lapierre, alway...

>> was roe v. wade decided too quickly? well, roe v. wade is an entirely different decision. were not asking for a new constitutional right. the constitutional right to marry is well established. in fact, the supreme court has ruled that you cant take away the right to marry even from imprisoned felons who cant have any procreation because they cant get together, but you cant take it away from those people, because its so important. its such a fundamental right of liberty, and that right is alre...