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Office, 140 of them won in november so, this work, that's how yo do it right. the heavy lifting of grassroot activists. to your point, gun violence is now the leading killer of teen and children in this country so, time is of the essence, we need our lawmakers to act. of course, when you are an activist, you decide that yo know how to shape policy, an you want to make it. so, we're excited that are volunteers are running for office but you're also talking abou progress, and one thing i want to point out, people are wanting an assault weapons ban in this country. yes. that needs to pass through...

Until people go into the polls and vote on this issue, there aren't consequences for inaction. so we need every single person to find a part of this work that they're passioned about through moms demand action or students demand action or any of the groups doing work in this country. right now, if you're watching us text the word bold to 64433 and we'll connect you to your senator. red and blue, everyone needs to hear from us. >> i was at the nra convention right after uvalde. there are single-issue voters about protecting their second amendment rights. we haven't seen the single-issue voters ...

Strong gun laws you are less likely to die. if you live with states with weak gun laws, you are more likely to die. we have lawmakers who are beholden to really not even the nra anymore but more this ideology. it's a cultural signal now, a fund-raising tool. it has become this way to energize the base. we're essentially allowing gun lobbyists, extreists to write gun laws. these horrific shooting tragedies, mass shootings, gun violence, it's the logical outcome of letting someone with a profit motive write your laws. state and federal. i want to talk about what we're doing as an organization ri...

We're focused on simple bipartisan efforts that will help us. these are bills waiting for mitch mcconnell to look at and get a vote. that's what we're asking for is a vote. if anyone wants to call their senators, they can text the word checks to 64433. we'll patch you into your senators and you can express the need for urgent action. >> shannon, always good to speak with you. thank you for joining us on this saturday. i appreciate it. the overnight subpoena outlining the serious misconduct that could now involve the president of the united states, why one of the top officials could be called b...

Background checks were required lookout, thank you so much. on licensed gun sales, over 3.5 joining me from fort pierce, florida, nbc's gabe gutierrez. million gun sales have been stopped mainly to felons and how have the conditions that domestic abusers and others. al's been talking about changed when we look at the states, a the way that the national guard state like connecticut that might be preparing and local passed strong background checks officials there? >> reporter: hi there, jo ling. we saw gun homicides and what i was talking about, just suicides fall significantly. think about that...