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Back now ricky gervais. iowa is giving out gun permits to blind people, completely blind people that aren't allowed to drive cars. >> i've learned about this through one of your tweets, and i understand you thought this was a bad idea. >> well, what do you -- can you -- you love america. i love america. >> i said next they would say blind people shouldn't drive cars. i think people got to see the difference talking about as an equality issue. >> the constitutional right. >> yeah. >> would be damaged if -- and they gave an example if they were fully sighted and used a gun, just because they los...

Shaq 1, pain 0. [ male announcer ] icy hot advanced patch with 50% more medicine. pain over. back now ricky gervais. iowa is giving out gun permits to blind people, completely blind people that aren't allowed to drive cars. >> i've learned about this through one of your tweets, and i understand you thought this was a bad idea. >> well, what do you -- can you -- you love america. i love america. >> i said next they would say blind people shouldn't drive cars. i think people got to see the difference talking about as an equality issue. >> the constitutional right. >> yeah.

And to the big finish tonight. freedom of speech is under attack, but the maryland lawmaker trying to attack it got a kick in the butt f you know what i mean. here's the story. a linebacker for the baltimore ravens was one of the first pro athletes to publicly support marriage equality. he said it's not only a gay issue. it's an equality issue pure and simple. maryland state delegate emmett burns jr. wrote to the rave ravensowner last week saying the football team should inhibit such expressions from your employee. our next guest, chris kluwe, who is the punter for the minnesota vikings quote ...

Going to anything else. mothers will say i can get my car fixed or my kid's teeth fixed, but i need the car to go to work to pay for the dentist. when people are living that close to the edge, medicare where 56% of medicare recipients are women and talk about voucherizing the program, or talk about social security, any of the ryan budget that will cut all of the programs that frankly a lot of women rely on, women understand it as an economic issue, not just an equality issue. >> you are an authority on how democrats think and talk. put yourself in the mindset of a republican advising romney an...

Everyone, an equality issue. this president has reframed it in terms of middle class and how do you get the economy moving for the middle class in the short term and long term. i think, you know, this is how as president, having the bully pulpit means you set the agenda, the other side has to respond to it in a meaningful way. >> they have not done that. thanks for being wus. >> a lot more coming up. stay with us. >> the reports from mitt romney's koch brother fund-raiser read like an obama campaign basher. >> police and firefighters forced to take minimum wage pay decreases. we'll tell you ab...