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As background checks and dealing with these issues like assault magazines that are designed to mow down as many people as possible. i was heartened by what the president said. i said he put out a variety of ideas. this is a moment to act. we are one month away from what happened in newtown. it was a tragic, tragic day, and doing nothing would be -- would make that tragedy worse. that's why i'm hopeful. >> the washington post had a really interesting story about the history of the nra, and it basically talked about how it went from being a marksman, sportsman's organization to a very powerful w...

That also extend to your constituents and the coloradans that you talk to who are themselves gun owners, who may be hunters, may be sportsmen, people who see themselves as pro second amendment? >> oh, yes. you know, i'm a westerner. i come from a family of hunters. and we respect guns out here. we use them to hunt. but people who i've been talking to, they can't understand why you would need an assault rifle or why you need one of these assault magazines to go out hunting. i mean, a magazine that holds 30 or 100 rounds. you're not going to use that to shoot a deer. you're either going to use t...

Themselves gun owners, who may be hunters, may be sportsmen, people who see themselves as pro second amendment? >> oh, yes. you know, i'm a westerner. i come from a family of hunters. and we respect guns out here. we use them to hunt. but people who i've been talking to, they can't understand why you would need an assault rifle or why you need one of these assault magazines to go out hunting. i mean, a magazine that holds 30 or 100 rounds. you're not going to use that to shoot a deer. you're either going to use that for target practice or to shoot people. and frankly, the slight inconvenience ...

Issues for 20 years. and i've never seen such a deep sense of outrage and a deep sense of commitment to doing something. >> that sense of outrage and that sense of commitment, does that also extend to your constituents and the coloradans that you talk to who are themselves gun owners, who may be hunters, may be sportsmen, people who see themselves as pro second amendment? >> oh, yes. you know, i'm a westerner. i come from a family of hunters. and we respect guns out here. we use them to hunt. but people who i've been talking to, they can't understand why you would need an assault rifle or why ...

Rights and gun ownership, we don't need these assault rifles, and we don't need these assault magazines. >> congresswoman diana degette of colorado, thank you so much for your time. it's really nice to have you. >> thank you, rachel. you know my friend paul who founded afghan and iraq veterans of america, paul rykoff? it's big bald paul's birthday today, which means man, is he old, old, old, old, super old. also, paul has the same birthday as richard nixon. [ laughter ] we'll be right back. hmm, we need a new game. ♪ that'll save the day. ♪ so will bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller ...