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Manipulating imagery to drum up and gin up the emotions of people is what they're doing. they're talking against hitler, and yet they're using some of his same tactics. >> a former president of the nra says tougher laws discriminate against certain guns. here it is. >> banning people and things because of the way they look went out a long time ago. but here they are again. the color of a gun, the way it looks. >> your reaction to that. >> first of all, that's ludicrous. to try to draw a parallel between color discrimination and applying that to guns is a reaching very far. the metaphor fails. ...

The obama administration knows that it's got a difficult fight on its hands. this is why the latest gun reform task force has been so wide reaching. the white house is hoping to overwhelm the nra by building a massive coalition of groups committed to change. it's the same type of strategy the obama team used in two presidential campaigns that, well, worked pretty well. the nra has a lot of power, no doubt. but the combined strength of all of the groups meeting with vice president joe biden can overwhelm the nra this time. biden says that he will deliver recommendations to the president on tues...

To make things work, to make government of, by and for the people be just that. the movie "lincoln," especially the second half of the movie, the part about winning congressional passage of the 13th amendment to outlaw slavery is about washington doing its job. people get squeezed. they get paid off with jobs. in short, they get worked. go see "lincoln," or go back and watch "recount" and see how things work on the inside. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. t...

Of hunting. now the next firewall of course is the republican party. to date, not one republican lawmaker is open to considering a ban on assault weapons like we had before. these republicans, quite frankly, are too afraid to go up against the third firewall, and that would be the national rifle association. the nra met with vice president biden and his team. instead of having a meaningful conversation, nra president david keene said this on the "today" show -- >> if you're look at the problem, which is to prevent this sort of thing, what you want to do is do those things that will actually ma...

There has been a real tipping point in this country that sees mass shootings happen more and more frequently and on a greater scale. people who have been doing this for much of their professional life say there has never been a moment like this. >> so what is doable? what is number one? is it the background checks? >> i think that this is one of those times when good policy and good politics actually come in the same package. it's a good time for that. background checks are something that most people already take. but 50% of the gun sales in this country may not be subject to them because they...