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reasonable gun reform and violence are now going to be judged. more and more, a voting record inline with the gun lobby is going to be a more damaging trait or characteristic than the future. as you know, folks used to be able to vote however they wanted on issues related to gun violence. there really was no real political consequence at the ballot. that is changing radically in the united states of america, largely because of the work of mayors against illegal guns. really, because what has happened at newtown, at aurora, and now in santa monica. these folks that are voting in the interest of the gun lobby, i think, are going to be held to account at the ballot and are going to address concerns in a way they did not have to before. >> i couldn't agree with you more and i hope that is what happens. i truly believe, unless there is a political consequence, we are
not going to have change. it is not going to be able to outsize the spending we are seeing on the part of the nra. i have some sound from senator mark pryor that i want to play for you and some statistics and we will talk about it on the other side. >> the mayor of new york city is running ads against me because i oppose president obama's gun patrol legislation. nothing in the obama administration would have pronounced tragedies like newtown, aurora, and even jonesboro. i am committed to finding solutions to gun violence and protecting our second amendment rights. i am mark pryor, because no one from new york on washington tells me what to do. i listen to arkansas. >> here is what strikes me. he says he is listening to arkansas. in the state of arkansas, you probably know this as well as anybody, 60% of arkansans support background checks.