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And one of his great lies that has really dominated the conversation for years used the term a slippery slope to describe gun safety. listen, we've been on a slippery slope now for years because of the gun lobby that has led us to the place where we are now and during covid, when the last administration unleashed the gun surge on this country, where we are at now is predictable, and it was preventable. when you talked about suicides, myself and others in the gun safety movement were screaming about this happening because you had all these people, first-time gun buyers last year during covid ru...

And what the gun industry did is they said these are for hunting and sport while overproducing in quantities every year and doing things like marketing these weapons to kids and for other uses. and now they say it's common. it's typical. no, you're full of crap, judge. and you are going to lose. >> i can feel your anger. we obviously hear it and see it and the pain also in your voice, fred. you have this judge who is using words like ordinary and average to describe an ar-15-style weapon. you also talked about him using language that you say was taken from the gun lobby. and case in point, in ...

Reading through this, how are you feeling? >> listen, my daughter was supposed to graduate this week, and i should be at a parade right now, not doing an interview like this. so i'm upset. i'm angry, and i'm also fearful for the next shooting and the one after that and the one after that. because of this judge, because of this ruling, because of the inability of people to say we can support the second amendment but we can also do more for gun safety. people are going to die because of this ruling. and so i'm upset for the loss of my daughter and for all the other victims, but i am fearful beca...

Or to have a judge like this who literally is -- that decision had to be written by the gun lobby. it is their language. that's not okay. >> fred, you know, you've channeled your grief into action and being an activist against gun violence. can you talk to us a little bit about some of the headway you've been making or progress as you've been pushing for gun safety? have you been in touch or do you plan to be in touch with governor gavin newsom of california as the result of the overturning of this assault weapons ban? >> so i've not been in touch with governor newsom since this was overturned...

You can look and it's not just democratic governors like my friend phil murphy in new jersey or new york. but you have republican governors like charlie baker in massachusetts or larry hogan in maryland who are also doing the work of gun safety to save lives. the past two elections, to answer your question, have turned on the desire of americans to be safe. 2018 we flipped the house. in 2020 we elected joe biden president and kamala harris vice president. and we flipped the senate. americans overwhelmingly support gun safety. they want this done. the roadblock right now is the senate. they are...