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Seats if they dont vote with that side. you had the sandy hook massacre six years ago. after that, background checks failed. not a single senator voted for what that. it lost on the referendum in maine. does this ever become a voting issue where that kind of political fear makes its way to capitol hill? >> i think you might be looking at a tipping point because those students if in florida are starting a movement that is spreading all over this country. and they are a generation that had to grow...

Actually their physical safety if they go up against people whose sole voting issue in life is having as many guns as they can get? >> well, i tell you first off all of us should be prepared to decry any threats of violence against any individual. i do hope that you wear it as a badge of honor that you were called out as one of those folks calling out the nra. our law here in florida n tallahassee, it wasnt even as courageous as the representative mentioned. it simply said you cant shoot guns in...

Or people are going to turn out and vote for a congress that is going it do something about this issue. i think that is why the president in many ways would like to do something. i think he knows that in his gut. >> you think this will become a voting issue for those who want more gun control because in the past, though obviously people are raised, you know, raised this as an issue and it hasnt been a thing that has driven people to the polls. >> no it hasnt. and someone who represented new town...

For a congress thats going to do something about this issue. thats what im hearing from people and i think thats why the president, in many ways would like to do something. i think he knows that in his gut. >> you think this really will become a voting issue for those who want more gun control? because in the past, though obviously you know people have raised -- you know, raised this as an issue it hasnt been a thing thats driven people to the polls. >> no, it hasnt. and as someone who represent...

She was getting a lot of what she would ask for, the president was in fact cheerleader for but weve seen this play again. its not going to happen. gun laws in this country wont change till it becomes a voting issue. for suburban white women. when they say this is a. >> it is for them. >> not for rural white men. >> theyre different crowds. >> up next, these two will tell me something i dont know. youre watching "hardball." that my ex-ex- ex-boyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him....

Bump stocks seem obvious, firming up the background check seems fairly obvious. the only thing i can imagine would change it, youve seen some corporate response to this that we havent seen before. thats new over the course of this weekend. that cnn poll is interesting for two reasons. the people who support raising the age limit, 70%. the tense factor. if people start to make this a voting issue for themselves, its never been on the side of people supporting gun control. if that becomes a voting...

Donors. the special interest groups are taking our voices. they have american democracy in a chokehold. >> how are you, ryan? >> 18. >> youre old enough to vote. >> i can vote. >> will this become the voting issue for you? the issue is for people who are vote on this. >> it definitely is a big issue that will be on the table at this midterm election. its not the only issue. i cant decide how i feel about a politician because of this only issue, if somebody supports gun control but supports somet...

That is when you have the dam breaks in the country and people rise up to say its not enough. i still dont think congress is going to act. tim obrien knows president trump very well. covered him for a very long time. hes actually not the deal maker so much as a fighter. he may want this fight. ultimately real change is going to come because there is an -- on our side, on left, guns have never been a voting issue and its a voting issue on the right. so republican politicians are very indebted to ...

>> in terms of their power, i think their power has always been that their membership, those people vote on guns. >> right. >> maybe not single issue, but pretty close to it. and on our side the problem has always been that our side or the side that is not -- doesnt have to be the left any more, but the side that is concerned about guns doesnt care so much to make it a voting issue. and with their voters it really is. and i think thats whats changed. i dont have a lot of faith in congress right ...

Of them. >> i cant imagine that would be one of them. but i think that we are -- the reason why we havent had action -- meaningful action on guns for so long is as michael said is the politics and i started a gun control group after columbine. it was for the middle of the road and it doesnt work out because anybody who cares about guns doesnt feel moderate about it. >> there is no moderate gun -- people talk one way or the other. >> it is well meaning but a flawed concept. and now the passion --...