president biden's comments at yesterday's event marking the passage of the bipartisan safer communities act. we'll show you some of -- we'll also hear from governor larry hogan another recess supreme court ruling on a new york gun law has affected the state of maryland. what the state of maryland is doing. we'll also talk about gun violence in cities. they want to hear from you and your communities, cities and towns. how has gun violence affected your communities there certainly are a fair amount of discussions about gun violence in cities on the campaign trail and certainly a? becomes a subject of too much or too little media reporting depending on who you listened to, but hear the latest statistics, for example, from new york city. the nypd statistics for june of 2022 on gun violence, in that large american city, for the month of june, 2022. the number of overall shooting incidents again declined in new york city, compared with june 2021. continuing the downward trend in gun violence in the first half of the calendar year. citywide shooting incidents decreased by 24.2%, marked by declines and every patrol borough except northern queens, where the tally rose by two incidents of june 2022. additionally, the number murders decline for the month by 31.6% compared to the same period last year. the nypd reports that there were 355 generous in june 2022, bringing the total number of citywide gun arrests in 20 22 to 2381, a 4% increase compared with the first six months of 2021. just some statistics there from new york city, on the gun violence in that community. how has gun violence impacted your community? (202) 748-8000, the line for those be in the east and central time zones. and it's (202) 748-8001, mountain and pacific. again, the white house held event yesterday marking the passage of the safer communities act. and a number of the stories out of that are about the interruption of the president, here is one of those headlines. it is, you have to do more, parkland father interrupts biden's gun control speech. we will show you that interruption, but we want to get you the words of the president first on the passage of the act and what it means. >> take away from this is that now, now, we're opening to get much more done. senator murphy has said, when you look at the bigger social issues america has faith throughout our history, quote, success begets success. that's when you, quote, finally move that mountain, you can ignite a movement when you do that. for more progress to follow. we finally move that mountain, a mountain of obstruction, opposition and a difference as to the way and stop every effort of gun safety for 30 years in this nation. [applause] now the time to galvanize this movement. because that is our duty to the people of this nation. that's why we have those families and buffalo, where grocery store became a killing field. that's what we owe those families and you've all day, where an elementary school became a killing field. and those families and highland park, where on july 4th a parade became a killing field. and as we owe all those families represented here today and all over the country, the past many years across our schools, places of worship, workplaces, stores, music festivals, nightclubs and so many other everyday places that have turned into killing fields. and that's what we owe the families all across this nation, where every day a tragic killing that doesn't make the headlines more than a, little more than a passing mention in the local news. and so then streets have been turned into killing fields as well. >> our focus this morning on washington journal, how gun violence is impacting your community. president speaking yesterday at the white house on the law that passed in congress, that he signed last week. the safer communities act. some of that legislation, part of eligible, asian would expand background checks for prospective gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21, it would incentivize states to provide access to previously sealed juvenile records. it would fund a grant that can apply to red flag laws, including a comprehensive federal criminal statute banning gun trafficking and straw purchasing. to clarify who needs to register as a federal firearms dealer. it closed the so-called void friend loophole by preventing people convicted of domestic abuse from owning a gun. it will allow one-time non repeat offenders who are restricted from gun access under the legislation to have their gun rights fostered restored under certain conditions. and it provides money to mental health, school safety and training and community based mental health programs. it's called the safer communities act, enacted into law. but (202) 748-8000, the line for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001, mountain and pacific. headliner from the washington post, a story they published on sunday. the staggering scope of gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings. somewhat of what the president was talking about yesterday. let's get your calls, we'll get to that article in a bit, by cutting recalls first. you go to nails in waldorf, maryland. good morning. >> good morning, good morning. i just wanted to say that, if you look over the decades and the years of our presidencies, with these mass shootings, you would notice a montage of the same words regurgitated in every speech. it's almost like they're reading off a template when it comes to gun violence. and it reminds me of the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. i am for background checks when it comes to registering for a weapon. i'm a gun owner myself and i do not have a problem at all even being in the judicial system, once upon a time in my life. but i do believe that we, as americans, as we acclaimed this united states we have to see that this is a spiritual issue more than a physical issue. we praise the guns more than we pray. and that is a serious problem, we talk about this outside of chicago or the urban areas where violence is prevalent. i live in the washington, d.c. area where gun violence is on the rise. no one talks about us as a nation or as a neighborhood or as a school community, but we actually have to repent for our sins. this is the bloodthirsty, it's a lust that no one wants to discuss. and it starts at home. the education starts at, home the pair starts at home before you even step aside a community and the building. we have to see that this is a bigger, spiritual issue then it is a physical issue. not to praise the guns more than you pray. that's all i'm saying. >> okay, now. to matt in dallas, texas. >> good morning. what i've seen happen here in dallas is a couple of are really popular entertainment districts are getting affected by random gun violence. as a city, i don't think we have a huge problem with gun crime. the statistics bear that out. but our most popular entertainment district now, there's people that don't want to go there because there's been random shootings. and they happen on saturday night, it'll have a lot of friday night. this is in those districts, two of them in particular, have closed. i'm sorry, businesses, restaurants in these entertainment districts of colors because they are not wanting to worry about what random shooting is going to happen in the future. so, that is what i'm seeing here in dallas. overall, crime is not a huge issue. but it's the randomness of the gun violence that scares me. one of the entertainment districts is in what's called uptown, normally a very upscale neighborhood. but because of random shootings happening on a sunday night, out of the blue, restaurants are closing. so, that's kind of what i'm seeing here. >> has that changed your behavior? do you avoid those places yourself? >> yes. oh, absolutely. i've talked to other people who say, you know what? oh go drink out of this other area on a saturday night because i don't feel comfortable going to uptown. because i don't know when the next random shooting is going to happen. so, yeah, it has changed my behavior as well. >> when you go to these places, do you find yourself looking for just kind of getting the rule more? looking for the exits are? just in case? >> yeah, no. normally what i'll do is i'll walk down the street and i'll make sure i'm not looking at my phone. i think, if you're not aware of your surroundings and there's thousands of people walking around on the street, if you're not aware of what's happening around, you that's where you get the trouble. but, yeah, normally i'll pay attention to where the nearest exit, proud forbid in case i'm in the middle of random gun violence. >> appreciate that, matt. here's a story we mentioned, the washington post this morning. the staggering scope of u.s. gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings. the spate of shooting attacks and communities such as highland park, illinois, uvalde texas and buffalo has riveted attention on america staggering number of public mass killings. but the rising number of gun deaths in the united states extends beyond such high profile episodes, emerging nearly every day inside homes, outside buyers and on the streets of many cities, according to federal data. the post writes that the surge in gun violence comes of firearm purchases rose to record levels in 2020 and 2021, with more than 43 million guns estimated to have been purchased during that period, according to a washington post analysis of federal data on gun background checks. at the same time, the rate of gun deaths in those years at the highest level since 1995, with more than 45,000 fatalities each year. (202) 748-8000, the line to call for the eastern and central time. zones (202) 748-8001, mountain and pacific. a question for you this morning, how is your community impacted by gun violence? we hear from doug in san jose, california. >> good morning, thanks for taking my call. my community, thankfully, it's relatively safe. that's, because in our community, despite the fact i live in a liberal state and this is a liberal city, our county and our city don't tolerate a lot of crime, they don't tolerate violence of any kind. calling it gun violence is the wrong way to look at it. i live in a state where gun control is very tough. but if you look at cities epidemic state in california, there's a lot of violence. and a lot of this is generated by gang violence, that's generated by drug abuse. it's also generated by a general collapse of societal norms over the past 40 or 50 years. you can see this kind of violence when i was a kid. but society has begun to tolerate this and tolerate it more and more and accepted more and more and portray it more and more in general media, in video games. it is just accepted. unless and until we get a hold of this, from a societal level, and make sure that people understand the violence is not acceptable and teach our young people that, in particular, that's not the way to deal with your problems, we're going to see this over and over and over and over again. i think that the gun isn't the problem. the problem is the people, it's people violence. thanks for taking my phone call. >> next at this fountain hills, arizona. chris, good morning. >> hi, bill. >> hey there. >> thanks for the call. i live in a northeast section of scott dale, arizona and there's really no gun violence in particular. it falls down in phoenix typically. with the other colors, and i totally agree, it is a people problem. i think the judges, they're letting people out on the street back and forth that have these huge arrest records, and they're the ones that have all of these guns. >> okay, appreciate that, chris. this is from the washington times this morning, back to the white house event on the passage of the gun violence legislation. the headline here, mass shooting victims father interrupts biden's gun speech. the father of a mass shooting victim heckled president biden at an event on monday at the white house, where the president was trying to showcase new gun control laws. manuel oliver, who responded in a 2018 mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida interrupted mr. biden's speech to lambasted for not doing enough to curb gun violence. here's how that happened, on the white house lawn yesterday. >> today's many things as prove that, despite the naysayers, we can make meaningful progress on dealing with gun violence. because, make no mistake, said, down you'll hear what i have to say. >> [inaudible] >> i've tried to tell you this for years -- [applause] >> we have, one let me finish my comment. we let him talk, okay? >> like the washington times, the event itself was kind of in the background. the headline is the interruption here. biden event for gun law disrupted by parkland father, manuel oliver was escorted from the event after that interruption. comments on social media, some texts on our question this morning. how is your community impacted by gun violence? this one says, any law that allows the government to restrict gun ownership for unsubstantiated reasons is blatantly unconstitutional. auburn he says, there is nothing extraordinary about gun violence where i live, but that doesn't mean the ratio fires per person here in the u.s. is normal. while there is a right to own firearms under the second amendment, that doesn't mean there should be some limits on weapon ownership. c k says we now have a biased lawn place where folks can stand their ground into someone with impunity. the laws are broken in this country because politicians are paid off by the nra. and steve says, thankfully, my community is very quiet. neighbors are friendly and respectful. we feel safe walking anytime day or night. once you travel a few miles away, gun crimes do exist. the impact gun violence in those communities has had is the possible impact on our second amendment right. let's go to earl was calling from seneca falls, new york. >> good morning, thank you for taking my call. i want to talk about maybe helping to secure our schools. there are maybe tens of thousands of military, retired military, police, navy and marine, masters at arms. retired police. they should be trained so they can go into the schools and patrol the halls. maybe that will help. so, thank you for taking my call. >> all right, to marjory in west lake, ohio. good morning. marjory in ohio, you're on the air. >> hello, good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you. i have been trying to think of some way to make our numbers visible, for people who want something done about the assault weapons. so, my idea is to wear morning band. because i think, i will say, if someone asks me, i'm mourning the people who have been shot by a gun. and the image of thousands i, millions, of people wearing morning bands will keep it in our minds, where it should be. about these horrendous killings. thank you. marjorie, are you still there on the line with us? marjorie, how has gun violence, because gun violence and issue where you live in ohio? marjorie? we will go to tony? okay. >> while, in the cleveland area. >> marjorie, will is a new. >> i just heard about a young man in athens who was shot by anytime by the police but i am talking about everything, my family in colorado in the superstore where ten people were killed, i have been in that store myself-y, but we the retired teacher,, i, the school shootings are just tragic more than anything else to get our minds and hearts around with, and i think a continuous visual statement should be made about it, hold our legislators to the mark. >> all right, airlines are -- for those of you in the eastern and central time zones, that is 20274 8001 in the pacific, interested in hearing from you on how gun violence has affected your community, has impacted your community. michigan is next, tony. good morning. >> good morning, a number of detroit police officers were, i think all of these guns just in the neighborhood, we do not know who is the good guy and who is the bad guy who has the gun, now. these guns are giving people a false sense of security, a lot of people leave their guns in their car. if the gun is not on a person it is no good. everybody just has guns, all the bad guys have guns and can break into cars to get the guns, then they have more bad guns out in the strait for the bad guys. >> as a police officer do you think a citizen who does not intend to commit any crime is better off carrying a firearm or not? >> i would say not, because of a gun is not second nature to you it is no good because when the crime happens it is going to happen so fast, you are going to forget that you even have the gun, a lot of people do not even know how to carry a gun, how to prepare themselves mentally for something to happen, they buy the gun and the gun just sits there, they think because they have a gun and they are protected but they are not. >> do you ever run into incidents where people had to use their firearm in self-defense? >> you know what, i try to keep a small record of it, it has happened but more cases the gun got lost before they used it to defend themselves because they do not realize that they have it while the incident is going on. they are in shock. >> tony, thank you for your perspective, back to yesterday's white house event. darnell whitefield spoke, he lost his mother in the shooting in buffalo, new york. let's listen. >> celeste janey, andriy mcneill, hayward patterson, catherine madison, marcus d. morrison, aaron salter, geraldine talley, pearl young, and, mrs. ruth eat with field, our 86-year-old mother. all of whom went to the only supermarket in their community on may 14th to pick up groceries, believing that they were safe. but, they were not. they devastating reality is that an individual armed with a weapon of war walked in, with cameras rolling, and massacred them in the name of a hateful ideology. my family, our families and our community are devastated but their intent to divide us and to propagate further violence within our community has failed miserably. we have, instead, chosen to love over hate le pen. to speak out rather than to stay silent, and, to stand with those courageous enough to lead us. this is the signing of the most impactful gun legislation in over 30 years, we are truly grateful for this day but we know it is only the first step, this new law will undoubtedly help and in some cases prevent future tragedies. but, there is much more to do. we must address white supremacy, and, direct domestic terrorism. >> that white house event held to recognize the passage of the safer communities act by congress, signed by the president. at the same time, a new poll comes out from the research that are about the broader issue of gun violence. which is what we are talking about this morning. broad public approval of new gun law, but, it says few says it will do a lot to stem gun violence. the report is that americans are largely supportive of the new gun law, and the signing by joe biden on the 25th. two thirds of u.s. adults approve of the new gun law, 32% strongly approve. 21% say they disapprove of the law, including 11% who strongly disapprove and 15% who are onshore. despite broad support for the new law, this new law, however, most americans are not optimistic it will do much to reduce gun violence in the country. 78% think the new gun law will do little, 42% thank nothing at all, 36% think it will reduce gun violence, only 7% say the bill will do a lot, while 14% say they are not sure. roughly six in ten adults say they would like to see lawmakers pass another round of legislation to address gun violence, compared with 35% who do not. let's hear from you on gun violence in your community, gayle in massachusetts is next. go ahead. >> yes, good morning, thank you very much for taking my call. i had something to say, why are people shooting animals an