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Why do the nra want to do that? because it sells another 120,000 guns. then we have our kids going to school with guns everywhere. >> piers, even by your standard -- >> why are you laughing? thats what it means. >> that is an absurd comment. first of all -- >> why? >> -- the greatest gun salesman in american history is president barack obama. nobody has led to a greater increase in gun purchases than the obama administration. just look at the last five years. you have gun manufacturers working 2...

Why shouldnt guns be regulated exactly the same way as cars, alcohol, tobacco? >> well, youre not talking about whether they should be regulated or not. >> were not. 40% of all gun sales in america, nobody has a clue whos selling them to who. its complete madness. >> but do you think that the shootings youre talking about, which are, as youve said, the majority are gang. the majority are handguns. do you believe those will be stopped by background checks? >> how could you have happen what happen...

Thought has been how little this has to do with actually keeping kids safe. >> i mean, of all the facile arguments that wayne lapierre puts up against having any new gun control, the idea that criminals wont obey laws seems to me to be the most stupid, because if that was the criteria for any law in america, you wouldnt have any. you wouldnt have any drunk driving laws, you wouldnt have any, you know, under 21 ban on drinking or anything. you would just have the complete wild west, because crimi...

Honest people -- >> thats a great idea, isnt it? arm the teachers. 120,000 schools in america, arm a teacher in every one. why do the nra want to do that? because it sells another 120,000 guns. then we have our kids going to school with guns everywhere. >> piers, even by your standard -- >> why are you laughing? thats what it means. >> that is an absurd comment. first of all -- >> why? >> -- the greatest gun salesman in american history is president barack obama. nobody has led to a greater incr...

Kids safe. >> i mean, of all the facile arguments that wayne lapierre puts up against having any new gun control, the idea that criminals wont obey laws seems to me to be the most stupid, because if that was the criteria for any law in america, you wouldnt have any. you wouldnt have any drunk driving laws, you wouldnt have any, you know, under 21 ban on drinking or anything. you would just have the complete wild west, because criminals dont obey the law. am i wrong here? >> look, lets take the e...

>> 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 flagged up by the therapist. of c...

Them to who. its complete madness. >> but do you think that the shootings youre talking about, which are, as youve said, the majority are gang. the majority are handguns. do you believe those will be stopped by background checks? >> how could you have happen what happened at sandyhook and your answer is, according to kelly, kelly, i want to be fair, kelly, do any of the proposals youve heard about controlling gun violence in america, do you support anything that would actually reduce the number ...

This is a country -- >> i would want to know if you were mentally sound or a criminal when you buy a gun. why is that so crazy? 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 a...

Grows, as science grows, you just keep taking the bible less and less literally and thats good. and i think for all the sadness and all the persecution that gays have, and i know 50 years is a horrible amount of time if youre the victim, still changing these kind of views in a generation is something to celebrate and also, we have to remember that the politicians are in no way leading this. they are following. the people have accepted other people and the politicians are scrambling to catch up. ...

Why is that so crazy? 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...