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Supporters. it could not happen at the national level. it could not happen in the u.s. senate and the democrats in colorado are paying such a price for this. i understand that the point you are making is certainly politically. is there a way, a lesson we can draw anywhere in the last year for how democrats and gun supporters in a state like colorado can pursue that and not pay this kind of a price? >> it looks like from looking at the polls that background collection are still supported by a majority of people in colorado versus the limits on magazine clips or for whatever reason have been mor...

My dad was a gun dealer in the mountains of colorado. i sold hunting licenses and fishing licenses with him as a kid. there is a culture that surrounds guns. but, the kind of hidden truth of this is that the nra's washington leadership, which is almost single-handedly responsible for stopping any kind of progress, knows that 74% of its own members actually think everybody should get a background collection. so if we could just get past the nra's reputation and money and actually take this to ordinary nra members and the american public, we would make progress, everybody could have their gun an...

We'll have more identifications, more metrics, more bio graphic. >> she called it a milestone. for the second state day, chuck grassley said the bombings show it is flawed. ? if that f this bill were to pass as is, we will count on an airline employee to type in a name into a pirate. if the background collection on the 12 million people who are here illegally are anything like they were in the boston bomber, we're in serious trouble. >> joining me now, michael smerconish, washington correspondent anna palmer, and columnist raul reyes. let me get your initial reaction to some of the pushback. w...

>> kimberly: but the real facts, this is like political hype that is going on here. it's not benefiting the democrats or the president. president is down 6% in the polls because he push grab on guns and this legislation and regulation and the taxes and immigration. this is more nonsense. they are not listening to people. >> think about the costs. regulation raises costs. same thing with dodd-frank, all it did was raise costs. it didn't alleviate any of the problems the proponents thought it would. what bothers me this is government is supposed to use force against criminals and not innocent am...

Believe would be dead on arrival to this latest conversation of universal background checks. so already we're getting more information on the possible strategy for harry reid which right now indicates everything is on the table, up for debate. >> so if he is going to pursue that, which we see him talking right there, it is very similar to what they did on don't ask don't tell. they moved forward and they ultimately lost but the public opinion surrounding it put those who voted against it in such a precarious position that they were able eventually to gain taxes. put republicans on their heels,...