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Press conference when it happens. but first after a mass shooting like we saw yesterday, second amendment advocates and the lawmakers who represent them are finding a way to make the debate about anything but gun laws. and the president did his part, did not mention the word "gun" ann an address of mass shooting. the gun lobby's talking points are designed to avoid the gun debate. for instance, the las vegas strip massacre, they'd argue it is not about how he got the gun, it is bts thing he a -- it is about the thing he attached to the gun. and newtown, it is not how he got the gun, but it is ...

Summer recess. especially on the economic message and we are going to continue to follow those meetings. in the meantime, when school doors open this fall at clarkesville high school in arkansas teachers and staff will be armed with gun ps. locked and loaded and ready to fend off an intruder after getting 53 hours of weapons training. the small town of clarkesville is the first district in the state to arm teachers who are considered security guards on campus which is permitted under state law. the plan is reigniting the debate how best to protect the children in school. i'm joined by kim russ...

You mentioned arming schools. on "meet the press" today nra ceo and executive vice president explained why he oppose azkaban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. let's take a listen to that. >> you're telling me it's not a matter of common sense that if you don't have an ability to shoot off 30 rounds without reloading that just possibly you could reduce the loss of life. adam lanza may not have been able to shoot as many kids if he didn't have your ammunition. it's not possible? >> there are so many different ways he could have done it. i keep saying it and you won't accept it. it'...

Feinstein quick to criticize and they had a news conference to respond to the nra and i read from the police report from 1999 and she was noting that at columbine there were two armed guards that could not stop the killers. let's listen to that, and then, mark, i want to get your response to that. >> there were two armed law enforcement officers who twice engaged the shooters at columbine. that didn't prevent 15 from being killed and 23 wounded. >> mark, you know, the nra, we all know here in this conversation. it's been so powerful for so many years, in another day and age, lawmakers and the ...