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You have opposition. wasserman-schultz is loudly against it. so i do think this will move through the states. i think it will move generally more in blue states than in red states, but it's going to be a map that looks different from the typical republican and democrat states. >> i guess that's the question. how long before this is law of the land? at least at the state level in all 50 states. >> it does unite left and right. in certain places. they consider it legal. and i think alaska was a really good, you know example of that. it's a frontier state. it's a state that has a different cultur...

"the lead" host jake tapper is here. good to see you bright and early. let me ask you first, tell us about the president's trip today? >> well, he'll be going to denver as john mentioned and his message will be basically, look, colorado is a state that has a long tradition of gun ownership. a frontier state. take second amendment rights very seriously. even here in colorado, people are able to come together and pass common-sense gun legislation. that's his message, pointing to as john mentioned the improved background checks and the ban on high-capacity magazines. i believe it's over 15 rounds...

Colorado lawmakers recently passed tough new gun laws including universal background checks and a limit on gun magazine size. president obama wants more laws nationwide. to jake tapper, our chief washington correspondent and anchor for "the lead", he joins us now. so, jake, take us forward. what do you expect to hear from the president today? >> i think what you'll hear, don, is president obama call for congress in washington, d.c. to do what legislators in colorado have done, which is colorado, the president will say is a frontier state, a state that has a history and respect for gun owners...

You're not sure this will change anything. tell me what you hope to do and why you don't think this will make a difference. >> well, i think experience, sadly, has shown us that it won't bring about much change. we tend to react, how terrible, how terrible, why can't we do something, and then we go back to our lives. and by we i don't mean me, certainly, but many people if it didn't directly impact them, they will kind of just move on from there because that's been the pattern in america. we seem to just be so accepting of this terrible epidemic of gun violence. >> we did talk about it after c...

Why you think this won't make a difference. >> well, i think experience, unfortunately sadly has shown us that it won't bring about much change. we tend to react. we say how terrible, how terrible, why can't we do something? and then we go back to our lives. and by we, i don't mean me certainly, but many people if it didn't directly impact, they will move on from there, because that's the pattern in america. we seem to just be so accepting of this terrible epidemic of gun violence. >> we did talk about it after columbine, more recently after the gabby giffords shooting. do you think anything w...