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since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there's really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that's if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to si...

The idea -- i'm paraphrasing here -- the perception that when you fail to prosecute those for having illegal possession of weapons, that they're somehow emboldened. do you believe that's the case in why there is increased violence in your city? >> it's ironic that the mayor who cancelled libraries in the public schools and terminated prevention programs for youth is now touting himself an expert on what we should do about gun violence. if he hadn't done that many yearsing a, we would have a much more robust form of prevention in this city. while i understand that he may have personal political...

The issues that we are dealing with here are sweeping issues from all across the country. there is nothing that old leadership did that really brought under alccontrol the proliferation of weapons. we are in a country where we have 120 guns for every 100 people. it is more than twice any other country in the world. and we're paying the price for that. we have to do something about a country that obviously has more for guns than it is people because we have more guns. that means the kind of bold leadership that stands up to the nra, that calls them out for what they are, which is the most destr...