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>> right. >> avery, mark's point here about the singularity of what happened in parkland, the incredible horror of that massacre there, there are two ways to interpret this as a one-off or the start of something. >> i think this is the start of something. we look back to october 1, vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in history of the country and the congress and states did nothing. then a few weeks later, a church in texas in sutherland springs where people were massacred at church. i think those two events having happened so close in time to parkland are part of why we are seeing a different ...
This isn't hard. putting your kid in the ground is hard. this is a button. >> this week, for the first time in more than two decades, florida lawmakers defied the nra. the republican-controlled house and senate passed new gun restrictions, a law signed today by florida's republican governor rick scott. a big "l" for the nra's king pin in florida former president marian hammer described as the most influential gun lobbyist in the united states. hours after the bill signing hammer and the nra announced they are suing florida. with me now, contributor to "new yorker" magazine michael spies, the a...
And a total aberration from other sessions or other opportunities to pass legislation is that the republicans are fairly united in jumping off the cliff together. i think you had some 67 republicans with a or a plus ratings combined in the house and senate who decided to support this bill. and it's pretty difficult to punish all of them. it's usually, when you have a couple people who are straying from the flock, you can focus on two, three, one person. but that's a really, really high number. and it's also important to point out that the folks who were carrying those bills are in line to beco...
Florida lawmakers defied the nra. the republican-controlled house and senate passed new gun restrictions, a law signed today by florida's republican governor rick scott. a big "l" for the nra's king pin in florida former president marian hammer described as the most influential gun lobbyist in the united states. hours after the bill signing hammer and the nra announced they are suing florida. with me now, contributor to "new yorker" magazine michael spies, the author of the profile. politico mark caputo and avery gardner, copresident of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. mark, start...