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Has to be the place where the beginning of rationality came back to this country. if those 20 kids, if in the naem of those 20 kids we can enact some rationale policies on gun control, on how we deal with mental problems, then those 20 kids will not have died in vein, and i think every parent felt that in the auditorium where the president spoke very deeply, very deeply, which is why he had such a response. every parent feels that. this is the time. were better than this.org, we cant let this dr...

Deserve a nation that is better and safer, join us at we are better than this.org. you have to keep talking and engage in the process otherwise, we will have the same conversation the next time a mass shooting happens. we can no longer keep repeating it over and over and the same c conversations, because we have to move forward with that and we have to do it together. >> collin, you were shot in 2007, and the tact that we are here in 2012, does it feel like we have failed you? your fellow surviv...

>> and you think there has been a reluctance for that? >> no, i think there has been a disconnect. thats why we have come out with the notion we with are better than this.org. so the american public can stand up and say as a nation we are better than a nation that loses 32 people to gun murders every day. were better than a nation where we cant send our kids to school without a terrible tragedy like this happening, without fearing for their safety. and when it all comes together and coalesces, t...

Felons, convicted domestic abusers, dangerously mentally ill and god forbid terrorists are able to get guns without any background check. this is the kind of thing, these are solutions that the overwhelming majority of americans support because, you know, we know as a country were better than this. its why weve started this campaign, this website, we are better than this.org, for the american public to really make its voice heard on this issue. because its very clear until we do, our elected off...

Talking proudly about how he was a deer hunter, a hunter from wisconsin, certainly the gun lobby shows no signs of weakening, and i wonder to what degree you really do think this is going to be -- gun control is going to be an issue thats even tackled or dealt with or spoken about on the campaign trail before november, and then in the next administration. >> i do think its going to happen. we have already seen, you know, president obama has made a couple of speeches about it talking about backgr...

Tragedies happen in movie theaters, near major landmarks in big cities, and were better than 32 murders in our country every day. youre starting to see the most unbelievable people participate in that dialogue. gun owners, hunters, 74% of nra members support sensible measures like background checks that can prevent a significant number of these tragedies from happening. so you know, that corner is being turned. its just a question of closing that huge disconnect that still exists between what th...