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S federal law says if you are a felon, you are not supposed to be able to buy a gun. if you have a severe mental illness, forgive the phrasing, if a judge has declared you to be mentally defective, you are not supposed to be able to buy a gun in the united states of america. thats the law. you cant tell by looking at someone if a judge has declared a person to be mentally defective. you cannot tell by looking at a person if they are a convicted felon. if you are either of those things, the law...

In tonights episode of "they were right" some of the 52 democrats and republicans who had the political courage to do the right thing in 1993. >> mr. president, i believe its time to stop the sale, the manufacture -- what further evidence in this tragedy do we need to classify semi automatic assault weapons as those of mass destruction? >> how can we consider passing a crime bill that doesnt do anything about getting rid of these semi automatic assault weapons that are mowing down americans ever...

Interact with him, it was somebody else. immediately afterwards, i thought an angry young person i dealt with before had been him. standing here, seeing the new information, not many of what is new, it is disturbing to see how he was able to get a weapon, to see the background check system is so broken that someone whose parents took away his shotgun and said that they were disabling his car was still able to go, after being expelled from community college, purchase a semi automatic glock with e...

Over 17,000 miles per hour. keep it here for the historic event and well have live coverage of the fly by, its supposed to happen again 2:24 p.m. eastern time right here. were also watching a developing story in chicago where the president is expected to make remarks in about hour from now. we expect to hear him comment on gun control. this comes as were learning about a bill introduced by a group of democratic lawmakers in missouri that could potentially turn thousands of legal, lawful gun owne...

Kids to school with arms security and have access to semi-automatic technology, they have --. chris i dont know anyone that -- my children went to the same school that the obama children went to many years ago and there were no armed security. this idea of elite class is common sense. >>guest: capitol hill are trying to limit the average citizens while they are protected by semi-automatic rifles. >>chris: president obama is making this a big issue and going to minneapolis tomorrow, with mayor bl...

There is gun control in many cities. >> semi-automatic weapons are not just about guns. this is about national security. these weapons can shoot down airplanes. they can blow up railroads. this is a mass security issue. you want a gun for your house. you got t. a gun to hunt, you got. it but the semi-automatic, military-style assault weapons, they shot at the white house two years ago. none of us are safe with these weapons on the streets. they have no real place in a civilized society. >> eric:...

Gun you are using. open division would be with an obstacle scope and a compensator. limited division, it depends on the type of gun you have. >> jeanine: there is a movement now to try to ban assault rifles. what do you think as a woman -- forget being this champion -- this world champion that you are, do you feel you need to have an assault rifle? >> i feel that the -- first of all, i dont feel its an assault rifle. i use a different term for it-- what do you call it? >> its a competition rif...

Gun you are using. open division would be with an obstacle scope and a compensator. limited division, it depends on the type of gun you have. >> jeanine: there is a movement now to try to ban assault rifles. what do you think as a woman -- forget being this champion -- this world champion that you are, do you feel you need to have an assault rifle? >> i feel that the -- first of all, i dont feel its an assault rifle. i use a different term for it-- what do you call it? >> its a competition rif...

Pull. >> jeanine: an automatic is -- >> you pull the trigger once and it will shoot until it empties? >> it is interesting that the ban includes the semi-automatic and not just automatics? >> yes. i believe it has -- if you can have one military-style feature. when you take that on and off, its the same rifle. it doesnt -- the... the external feature, the cosmetic features, those do nothing-- okay. lets talk about this. if you have an ar-15. >> uh-huh. >> jeanine: the bullet used in it is gene...

So, it was a. >> let me put up on a screen you shot an air 15, a shotgun with a shrug, then a shotgun with a shrug, correct? >> yes. just a water fall round. >> were showing them on the screen. explain, if you can the difference? >> the difference in the firearms first, one is to begin theyre all semi automatic. so everybody knows. theyre there is a rifle, air 15, and then, the 12 gauge shotgun. they have different projectiles but function the same. they look different, different uses but the po...