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conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. >> that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. >> reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. >> active shooter call at highland park. >> police say the gunman took a sniper like pos...

Coming out of uvalde and buffalo and got a bipartisan piece of legislation through, not as much as i suspect you would have liked but it was something. what else is out there, senator, when you have a number of republicans who arent willing to go along with much of anything in terms of stopping the sale of ar-15s, high power semi-automatic rifles to people who shouldnt be getting them. how do we stop this as a society. >> well i could tell you, the bill that we did pass and the president signed,...

Movie theater. there are reasonable safety restrictions that can be placed on every right. all were asking for is that these sensible gun protection laws be passed. no one is taking away anyones right to own a gun, but you dont need an assault weapon to defend yourself. you dont need a 40 bullet magazine to defend yourself. and theres certainly no sporting purpose in the use of those instruments of war, whatsoever. these are devices that the manufacturers themselves will tell you were built and ...

Plastic gun. the atf showed guns they created using a 3-d printer. the first one exploded, but a second one successfully fired off eight rounds. joining me now, james cavagnaw. for this law, is a simple one-sentence extension of the law adequate, or do we need the schumer amendment. >> we definitely need the schumer amendment. its the death of common sense that were even debating we should have a law that strengthens our ability to prohibit the plastic guns. they have no sporting purpose. theyre...

Using a 3-d printer. the first one exploded, but a second one successfully fired off eight rounds. joining me now, james cavagnaw. for this law, is a simple one-sentence extension of the law adequate, or do we need the schumer amendment. >> we definitely need the schumer amendment. its the death of common sense that were even debating we should have a law that strengthens our ability to prohibit the plastic guns. they have no sporting purpose. theyre not a good self-defense weapon as theyre unre...

The idea that atf has been able to create one that fires eight bullets, thats a completely successful version of that gun for someone who wants to use it for one use. >> why would we as a nation allow people to make a gun that could be smuggled onto an aircraft, get into the prisons, hurt our elected leaders. why would we allow guns that have no sporting purpose, no legitimate purpose for self defense, no police or military purpose. why would we do that? we could easily make a law to stop this. ...

Generally recognized as being a sporting purpose. it was already the law, but he took executive action under that law to ban the importation of specific weapons. the gun control act of 1968 that gave him that power was passed in the wake of the assassinations robert kennedy and martin luther king. and it is what gave george h.w. bush to take that executive action that he took banning some rifles. in 1989, two months after that schoolyard massacre in stockton, california.

unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. im wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. youre in "the situation room." theyre not the headlines mitt romneys campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britains prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about londons readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. whats going on with the republican candidat...

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