so grateful to have you with us. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. earlier this year it appeared as if gun violence would be a key issue heading into the midterms but not the case. >> despite of series of violent incidents involving guns recently issues such as health care and immigration have kind of forced talk of gun violence from the front pajeneleds pages. matt dice is here. he lost friends in that parkland school shooting. we are so sorry what you've had to deal with, matt since that shooting. thank you for being here. i want to ask you what your thoughts are as you watch all of the talks leading into midterms and there is this absence of talk of gun control. >> gun violence prevention is one of the main driving forces