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is frederick douglass tattooed on the right side of my arm. so often people want to air their grievances on the fourth of july and he gave the speech what does fourth of july mean to the slaves. and he talked about how he loved the country. but he also wanted the country to live up to its value system, which is a term what we hear today, people just want to criticize and say america's bad. america is not bad. there are evil people and people that don't live up to the founding documents. we talked about it we had a bad american who harmed innocent americans. we celebrate the good america, we want america to live up to the founding documents but we love this country and that's what we're celebrating all night. and carley? >> somebody didn't pick ronald reagan. >> i love it the gifford. >> absolutely, the legend, great communicator, someone who stood for family values, safe rights, deregulation, lower taxes and it
should do something more. and it's not at odds with gun ownership. >> reporter: are you still a gun owner? >> yes. yes. wild wild west. >> reporter: you still think people should have guns, just do it safely? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: activism is only part of gifford's life today. >> yoga twice a week. french, spanish lessons, ride my bike, the gym. yoyoma. ♪ >> reporter: gabby recently performed with this man. it was a special experience. >> reporter: you're living every day to the most. for you being an activist is living every day to the fullest? >> yes. yes. >> there's so much gun violence happening all the time. it's hard to wrap your head around the numbers and that's why it's so important that we have the 40,000 white rises behind us -- roses behind us to represent the 45,000 americans
in this country, just a very weak background check law that doesn't apply to private sales or gun shows. that is really about it and so about half the states have passed their own very, very strong gun laws, including states like california, new york, newjersey and those states, almost without exception, have much lower rates of gun deaths than states with weak gun laws. so if you look — you can look at the gifford's website and we have an analysis where we look at the laws in each state, we give them a grade, and then we compare that to gun deaths rates, and it is absolutely 100% clear that stronger gun laws, even with poorer state borders and guns being trafficked across borders, which make state laws not as effective as they could be — there's still much, much fewer gun deaths in states with strong laws, so these laws work and there is research which proves that they do. that's not the problem here, the problem here are the lobby groups in the united states, like the nra and gun industry, that have a lot of republican
certainly through the congress, and then the pressure can be put on the senate, and i think that is what is going to have to happen — we are going to have to really push consistently and not lose our focus on this as so often, sadly, happens after these tragic shootings. and of course, some states in america can introduce their own gun controls and some have. has there been any evidence that gun violence has gone down in those states? absolutely. all the states have the ability. there's so little regulation at the federal level in this country, just a very weak background check law that doesn't apply to private sales or gun shows. that's really about it, and so about half the states have passed their own very, very strong gun laws, including states like california, new york, newjersey, and those states, almost without exception, have much lower rates of gun deaths than states with weak gun laws. so if you look — you can look at the gifford's
year. right now, there is laws like in texas that have been passed which is an open carry law, making texans less safe. we know here in florida, ron desantis, is threatening to do exactly the same. , so gifford's been working with legislators across the board, sometimes our board is successful when we stop these bills from being introduced. so, i hope that everyone joins our efforts, gifford's dot or buy when you take this moment to have people join us. thank you so much ayman. >> thank you congresswoman debbie mucarsel-powell, danielle moodie, niall stanage, greatly appreciate your insights and analysis this evening. next, is president biden inching closer to canceling student debt. inching closer to cancelin inching closer to cancelin studen what is this nightmare? it's how some people describe... shingles. a painful, blistering rash that could interrupt your life for weeks.
universal background check bill. we know red flag law support -- after the parkland shootings use more than 6000 times, in a state where we know it's has republican control over the past 20 years, red flag laws were. we know that more guns on the streets is making our children less safe, we have to show that the administration and congress can work on this issue and deliver for the people. i'm extremely concerned because as we talk about trumpism, and the radicalization of his party, they use violence to really rile up their base. at this, point we are seeing more and more incidents of political -- mass shootings, gun sales have gone up by 30% in the past year. right now, there is laws like in texas that have been passed which is an open carry law, making texans less safe. we know here in florida, ron desantis, is threatening to do exactly the same. , so gifford's been working
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