statements from president barack obama as a guy running for congress, then running for senate, then a sitting president. here is where president obama was on guns in 2001. i know the nra believes people should be unimpeded and unregulated. i disagree. in 2004 -- i think it's a scandal that this president did not force a renewal of this assault weapons ban. here's the op-ed. he wrote in the tucson arizona daily star, gabby giffords' hometown. my administration has not curtailed the rights of gun owners, it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. that's the same person. this is, colin, when you hear this, and ron i'm going to go to you in a second. do you feel like you have an ally on the issue of guns with president obama? >> this is the first time a sitting president has addressed the gun control issue in more