Secretary and secretary of state. We heard treasury geithner will leave his position by the end of this month. The debate has renewed on sunday morning and around the country on gun violence. We want to ask you just what are the solutions . It is an issue the president says will be a top priority in the year ahead. Our gone lines are open with the numbers on the screen. You can send us an email at journal at cspan. Org. Or facebook. Com cspan or cspanwj. Another shooting that took place in aurora, colorado, a town hit by the mass shooting at a movie theatre. This from a barricaded gunman and three people found dead in aurora after police exchanged gunfire with the gunman that took place yesterday. A woman earlier in the day escaped uninjured from the home saying she saw three lifeless bodies inside and said the man was firing shots at the residents before 3 00 in the morni morning. During a subsequent standoff the gunman behaved irrationally, ignored commands to exit the premises. Tear gas didnt faze him. Five hours into the incident a swat team with an Armored Vehicle broke in and he fired on the vehicle without injuring Police Officers. Police didnt return fire at the time but three found dead. The gunman was later killed by Police Officers. Page of the front Washington Post the larger debate over gun violence. Based on some reporting by Phillip Rutger a broad strategy on guns is being weighed. We will share what they are saying. The white house is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nations gun violence than reinstating the expired ban on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition according to multiple people involved in the administration as discussions. The working group led by the Vice President joe baden seriously considering measures backed by key Law Enforcement leaders including the following. Require universal background collection for firearm buyers, track the movement and sale of weapons through a National Data base. Strengthen Mental Health collection and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors. The white house is developing strategies to work around the night Rifle Association including rally support from walmart and other key retailers that sell guns en masse. So the headline a broad strategy being weighed on guns. We go back to the debate with the executive Vice President of the n. R. A. As he spoke to reporters following the shooting in newtown, connecticut, which he says should be a broad solution. [video clip] is the press and Political Class here in washington, d. C. So consumed by fear and hatred of the n. R. A. And american gun owners that you are willing to accept a world where real resistance to evil monsters is alone, unarmed, School Principal left to surrender her life her life to shield children in her care . No one, regardless of personal, political project dis, prejudice, has the right to impose that sacrifice. Ladies and gentlemen, theres no national one size fits all solution to protecting our childr children. But do know this president zeroed out school of urgency planning grants in last years bucket and scrapped secure our schools policing grants in next years budget. With all of the foreign aid the United States does, with all the money in the federal budget, cant we afford to put a Police Officer in every Single School . Even if they did that, politicians have no business and no authority denying us the raoeigh right, ability and moral imperative to protect ourselves and our loved ones from harm. Host from the december 21 hearing in washington at the Willard HotelWayne Lapierre who is the face of the n. R. A. Who spoke to the reporters in about a 25minute speech. Some weighing in on the Facebook Page. The question is what are the solutions with regard to gun violence . Scott says military full automatic weapons already are illegal and kurt says there is no government solution. Has this to say. These gun laws will not solve anything. It controls 99. 9 of the rest of us who are not doing anything wrong. Mark is joining us from allentown, pennsylvania. Independent line. Caller hi, how are you doing. I want to say that as much as i enjoy my gun rights i dont totally agree with Wayne Lapierre. As a matter of fact, i stay out of the n. R. A. Because it is more political than protecting my rights, in my opinion. But i do feel that these outlefthandish attacks on outland i outlandish attacks on gun owners and my enjoyment they want to get rid of Assault Rifles. I have to say a bolt action and se rifle are two different things. When i shoot i enjoy shooting with a semiauto so my shoulder doesnt get broke. Im not a hunter but i do enjoy shooting. I enjoy protecting myself and having the right to but that is my responsibility. Host how do you strike the balance . Clearly you are right in the Second Amendment rights of the constitution. Caller i was just about to get that if i own a gun i can disarm it. That was the mothers gupn that her mother killed her with. I dont put mine in a case and if i did i would be smart enough to disable it if someone couldnt use it. It is personal responsibility but i dont see the n. R. A. Going after that. It is strictly that i can own my gun and keep in but there has to be personal responsibility and i dont think it was followed and i dont think my rights should be heard because somebody doesnt follow personal responsibility. Host thanks for the call. This is from the New York Post, not again, aurora beginning with a crazed gunman killing three before cops so the him dead in a colorado house near the scene from last julys Dark Knight Rises mass murder. Theres a followup piece for the ends of the article from the New York Post that says the mass shooting comes ahead of an emotional week of testimony that will take place in colorado starting tomorrow to determine if james holmes will stand trial for killing 12 and wounding another 70 at the century 16 theatre. Prosecutors will be playing the 911 calls and show about 30 hours of footage from inside the cinema. Holmes is charged with 166 counts including murder and attempted murder. The theatre is expected to reopen january 17. The question we are asking gun violence in america, what are the solutions. Earl joins us from burlington, massachusetts. Caller i had a thought that has crossed my mind regarding guns and why would it not be possible for any guns manufactured to ha have, for instance, a video camera and tracking device on every gun . That would enable any gun, if they can give you a card that will turn off, you know, make your payment and track your phone, why could not this device be put into a gun and activated camera when it is listed to video whatever action that occurred with that gun . It is a thought. Im just trying to figure out how we can remedy this heinous problem. Host let me go inside the Washington Post, the story available on the Washington Post website. This is from the jump page white house weighing in broad agenda on guns. The push is just one part of an ambitious political agenda that the president has pledged to pursue after his decisive reelection victory in november. Further into the body of the story the white house is developing strategies to navigate through the rocky and emotional fraud terrain of gun politi politics. Once the final policy decisions are made the administration is talking with a diverse ray of Interest Groups including religious leaders, Mental Health professionals and hunters to build a Broad Coalition as possible. And his advisors have calculated that the longer they wait the more distance from the newtown massacre and greater risk that the bipartisan political will to tackle gun violence will dissipate. Next call is kerry on the republican line from hagerstown, maryland. What are the solutions, kerry . Caller well, i dont think there is any set solution. I think we have to look at the fact that as in a d. U. I. Blame the alcohol or blame the vehicle. It is the individual. There will be individuals that do this regardless. If they are using this as an agenda to control guns, any time theres been proven gun control in our history theres been a persecution of people. World war ii we can look at any time in history that is a proven factor. We need to look at why they are doing this. What is the rationale behind our government wanting to enforce this. It is a smoke screen, the media is responsible for it. Theres been a miscommunication facts are. Raoeal host from politico Gabby Giffords talking to connecticut politicians the former arizona representative friday meeting with politicians and families of the victims in a visit to newtown where the deadly shooting occurred. Giffords was shot and wounded in january of 2011 and met with senator Richard Blumenthal and connecticuts Lieutenant Governor and first selectman. They met at a private residence with families of some of those who died at sandy hook which left 26 dead including 20 children. Giffords was accompanied by her husband mark kelly. Next call is from midland, texas, mary is on the phone. Good morning. Caller good morning. I cant hear you. Host you are on the air. Go ahead. Caller i dont think there is a solution to this. The government has never found a solution. To any problem like this. The alcohol problem or any other problem. My life was saved twice by carrying a gun in my car. Host how so . Caller well, the first time was in 1987. I was driving from fort worth to oklahoma city, and this man from falls came up to the side of me and made obscene gestures and tried to run me off the road. I just pulled my gun out from underneath the seat and i showed it to him and he left me alone. Secondly, i was out at the park practicing golf and this young man came up and started to threaten me. I walked over to my car and i knew that i was in danger and strapped on my gun, which is in a pack. And when he started toward me i was picking up my golf balls, i pulled my gun out and i pointed it at him and he turned around and left. Host nobody is going to fool with you, huh . Host no, they are not. I have a concealed gun and i know how to use it and i think most people are well trained to carry guns. Host thanks for the call. During an interview on nbcs meet the press with David Gregory the issue focused on fiscal cliff but also gun violence. As the president said the day of the newtown massacre was the worst day of his presidency. Here is a portion of the interview that aired about a week and a half ago. [video clip] do you have the stomach for the political fight for new gun control laws . I think anybody who was up in newtown who talked to parents and families understands that something fundamental in america has to change. And all of us have to do some soul searching including me as president , that we allow a situation in which 20 precious, small children are getting gunned down in a classroom. I have been very clear that Assault Rifle ban, banning these high capacity clips, background checks, that there are a set of issues that i have historically supported and will continue to support. But can you get it done . So the question is, are we going to be able to have a National Conversation and move something through congress . I would like to get it done in the first year. I will put forward a very specific proposal based on the recommendations that joe bidens task force is putting together as we speak. So, this is not something that i will be putting off. Host the president in an interview on meet the press as he talked about the issue of gun violence. Angus is joining us democrat line from vienna, maryland. Caller it would be great to own guns and Assault Rifles and whatever else you might want to own. But then our government should step in and apply the bullet. When i go deer hunting and have the amount of deers that i can kill so if i have an Assault Rifle dont let those bullets be sold for that rifle until i go to a gun range where i can shoot them and when i leave that range make sure all bullets are left there and then when im home i wont have no way of going out killing people. When an Assault Rifle or any kind of rifle. When im hunting, only have enough tips to shoot a deer. If i only can shoot five deers let me go with five bullets. That would be a great solution for all gun owners and people that want to go out and kill people. Host you can join us on the Facebook Page. We are asking you about gun violence. What are the solutions. Many already are weighing in and sharing their comments with and listeners on cspan radio. Fox news has a story about gun violence with regard to chicago. This is the headline. Chicago has one of the toughest gun laws in the country and also leads the nation in gun violence. John is joining us from you a clai claire, did eau claire, wisconsin. Caller im an n. R. A. Member and i have concealed weapons. You cannot register guns. That is one thing they will push for. Everybody will go underground. The guns will just disappear. Second of all, if anybody knows history, the semiautomatic weapon has been in this country over 100 years. They are talking like it is a new item. One other thing, when the m1 carbine was developed in prison 1940s. Anyone 40tphepanyonehe so people are not going to want to register their guns or register themselves in any way. Host Washington Post the white house is looking at solutions a broads strategy on gun violence in america. A responsible solution will emerge when the n. R. A. Is no longer a lobbyist for the manufacturers of semiautomatic weapons. David joins from alma, georgia, independent line. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, please. Caller people talk about gun laws and all that. And the way i look at it, it was said years ago a Armed Society is a Quiet Society and weve got to where we are at a point where nobody wants to take personal responsibility for anything they do. They want to find a scapegoat and right now they are using assault weapons and you take guns away that are used by people and take knives they will go back to using rocks. Until we have laws that will severely punish those that use guns and in a crime we are spinning our wheels. We have to get people together to understand that they have to start taking personal responsibility. Host david, thanks for the call. I will go back to the story in a number of other websites framed the final portion of the piece on the larger debate of gun violence in america some solutions by a number of members including Dianne Feinstein who cowrote the 1994 assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. She plans to introduce legislation this month that would ban the sale or manufacture of about 120 firearms including semiautomatic weapons, military style handguns and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. It prohibited the manufacturing f 19 models of semi automatautc guns classified as assault weapons including certain rifles and shotguns. It banned ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds but didnt ban the sale of previously manufactured assault weapons or high capacity magazines. On this sunday morning, gun violence, what are the solutions. Larry joins us from tennessee. Go ahead. Caller if god created man in his own image why cant we figure out who added the assault weapons . When did the n. R. A. Become part of the d. N. A. . We said we grew up with nothing to fear but fear itself and every truck with no fear signs on it but most of my republican friends are scared of everything. And the guy talked about sticks and rocks. Go into a school and try killing 26 people with pointed stick, idiot. Host many weighing in on the twitter page as well. It is cspanwj. Oversays assault weapons are designed to kill people. They are not grandpas deer rifle. Bobby williams responding on the Facebook Page saying the current legislation authorized by senator feinstein will be the Building Blocks for very strict laws. If you look at social media there seems to be overwhelming support of maintaining the current gun laws and working with each other to make the country safer. Next caller is dwayne from utica, michigan, republican line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Caller guns, you have to i kaepcant explain what im tryio say. There are people that you have to go through the background check that extremely and the people that [inaudible]. You put laws on the books, the books then all it does is [inaudibl [inaudible]. Host im sorry, we were getting a bad connection. We could hear part of what you were saying. The question we are asking gun violence, what are the solutions. We go to robert from frostburg, maryland. Independent line. Caller good morning, steve. I had a daughter that was murder ed and these people out there in newtown, connecticut my daughter was 5 years old. Those parents will never be the same again. When the founders wrote the constitution for the Second Amendment they didnt have 50 caliber ak47s and these other high Assault Rifles that were designed specifically to kill people. In our country we have too many sick people. My government continues to bow down to people like the n. R. A. And we need prudent, wise people making rules in our c