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Gun control. should they be more afraid of not doing something than of acquiescing to the demands of wayne lapierre and the nra? >> ana in 2018 i spoerpted 24 congressional candidates who were good by my definition good on guns and cloimt. 21 of them one and beat almost in every case a o an a rated republican, a-rated by the nra. that that goes so show you the nra does not vermont power. and not everybody is running from them. now you see more and more republican congressman and senators saying i don't want to be on the wrong side of this issue. if you survey nra members as you yourself said, ...

About everything else like the 2018. >> i supported 24 congressional candidates who were good by my definition good on guns and good on climate. 21 of them won and beat in almost every case an a-rated republican -- an a-rated by the nra. so that just goes to show you that the nra does not have the power and not everybody is running away from them, and now you're starting to see more and more republican congressmen and senators saying i don't want to be on the wrong side of this issue. if you survey nra members as you yourself said, the nra members want background checks and the nra does not ha...

Support a ban on assault weapons. when we talk also about how the nra has so much power over the president and others who may be afraid of their political future for acting in, you know, some capacity on gun control, should they be more afraid of not doing something than of acquiescing to the nra. >> i supported congressional candidates who were good on guns and climate. 21 of them won and beat almost in every case an a-rated republican -- a-rated by the nra. that goes to show you that the nra does not have the power and not everybody is running away from them. and you you're starting to see m...

Common sense background checks -- and let me explain here my experience with the president on this. because i am the lead on a bill involving domestic violence and stalking, i was invited to the white house for the meeting he had on guns right after parkland. remember that? and i sat right across from him. you can see the video. and i counted nine times he said he wanted to see universal background checks, to close that gun show loophole. nine times. and then the next day he met with the nra and he changed his tune. this shouldn't be happening in our country. i had those families of -- i had t...

Very patient as we have been waiting to get to her, and that's shannon watts, founder of mom's demand for action and gun sense in america. shannon, because you've been listening to our coverage, what strikes you? what do you want our viewers to hear? >> i think it's bizarre that we have so many a-rated nra lawmakers who are telling us that laws won't work to solve this problem. in fact, we know they do work. when you look at states with strong gun laws, you see fewer gun deaths. these lawmakers are capable of reading that data, but they are so beholden to the gun lobby. they have such an unhol...