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>> how would you stop him? >> james holmes could have been stopped had the police listened to his therapist who had actual knowledge he was a clear and present danger but thats different than the discussion you had with newt earlier. this particular shooter could have been stopped. it has nothing to do with extra laws on gun control. he could have been stopped before he went into that theater, he could have been stopped. people looked the other way. >> okay. put aside the fact that he was flagge...

Five mass shootings in america all involve these ar-15 assault rifles, why are they still available to any other deranged persons in america at places like walmart? why? >> this is the debate. when i talk to my friends that are anti-gun control, and i say do you want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? yes. were 90% of the way there. now we have to define ak-47 and clips with 30 weapons and weapons that fire 20, 30 rounds at a burst. do you need that to protect your home and your family and...

Whom, because when you have 40% of all gun sales in america unchecked, they could be sold to anybody, complete nut cases, murderers, felons of any description, anybody. why would any rational person not want to know who is selling guns to who? >> first of all, under the current gun check system, we know that 70,000 convicted felons have tried to buy a gun. the obama administration has refused to prosecute them. so you have a system that actually picked up 70,000 people who are convicted felons t...

Persons in america at places like walmart? why? >> this is the debate. when i talk to my friends that are anti-gun control, and i say do you want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? yes. were 90% of the way there. now we have to define ak-47 and clips with 30 weapons and weapons that fire 20, 30 rounds at a burst. do you need that to protect your home and your family and your land? can you deal with that with a couple handguns, a couple high-powered hunting rifles. >> you have to -- mental ...

Guns and when theres a gun sale, we know who sold it and to whom, because when you have 40% of all gun sales in america unchecked, they could be sold to anybody, complete nut cases, murderers, felons of any description, anybody. why would any rational person not want to know who is selling guns to who? >> first of all, under the current gun check system, we know that 70,000 convicted felons have tried to buy a gun. the obama administration has refused to prosecute them. so you have a system that...

Hurt themselves. the vast majority of people who have guns m it -- killed youre l the scale of shooting in am >> every time >> e argument, e >> you have been out in front of this. listen, in the 1980s, i testified -- in the 90s i testified for lieberman with hilary rosen and jack valente on violence in the media. the entertainment industry hid behind the first amendment to line their pockets with billions of dollars in profits and they stepped up. we have a rating system for television, a rating...

To do before america goes no, were going to stop these people getting such easy access to this kind of fire power? >> the vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. the vast majority dont even hurt themselves. the vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody. the problem is youre dealing with such tiny numbers of people and im not -- i dont in any way dismiss one death is too many, anything we can do to stop it -- >> what do you call tiny numbers? 10...

Why am i the crazy guy here? >> no, youre the crazy guy here for a simple reason. we have a system already in existence. the system isnt working. were finding 70,000 felons trying to buy guns. the government does nothing. what youre saying is lets expand the failed system. >> i agree with you about that. by the way, ill go further. i think the president is full of hot air. he keeps going down to newtown and places like that, colorado, and saying all the right things, but at the same time, theres...

Things. i dont understand why given the five mass shootings in america all involve these ar-15 assault rifles, why are they still available to any other deranged persons in america at places like walmart? why? >> this is the debate. when i talk to my friends that are anti-gun control, and i say do you want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? yes. were 90% of the way there. now we have to define ak-47 and clips with 30 weapons and weapons that fire 20, 30 rounds at a burst. do you need that ...

People and the injuries of 58. >> well, yeah, okay. penn gillette, so would stopping him getting such easy access. he had a 100 bullet magazine in that movie theater and an assault rifle, and 6,000 rounds of ammo. how much more does somebody have to do before america goes no, were going to stop these people getting such easy access to this kind of fire power? >> the vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. the vast majority dont even hurt themselves. the vast ...