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Different issue. in the early 1980s when the gun control groups started getting active they adopted this term really for fear mongering. assault weapon they use to define and the president using to define any gun that has four cosmetic features, general lay pistol grip so you can hold a rifle easier it looks like a handgun's grip under the gun. what's called a folding stock which is just so you can adjust the rifle to your shoulder. if you are smaller like me you would make it shorter. things like that a bayonet. so these aren't things that have any effect on the functionality of the gun. it's...

>> when you see some of the energy that's coming out from the gun control groups, i do think that that is rare, and i do think that that is meaningful. >> i also just think that we talked a lot about the future of the republican party, and we will do so in more detail in the next segment, but if you are trying to appeal to women, to independent voters, to people anywhere outside of these sort of districts in the south and the middle west, it's a -- let's listen to what david keene said about the ar-15. >> the ar-15, which is the semiautomatic weapon, the firearm that's most sold in this countr...

>> thanks. >> chris: i want to put up remarkable numbers i saw. the nra contributed 20 million today's federal campaigns last year, $20 million and gun control groups gave $4,000. and 50% of the members of the new congress, in fact, more than half have an a rating from the nra. given all of that, how do you and other groups that feel as you you to hope to take on the gun lobby in practical terms? how do you match their money and their clout on capitol hill? >> look, are the nra is spent a lot of money on the elections last cycle and they didn't have to lot to show for it especially if you look...

Think this is the only one in jeopardy. >> shannon: you talked about the senates and the panel, all of these were expecting word from the vice-president with regard to gun control laws on tuesday, more or less, tightening up what we have. do you think congress is ready to make any substantive changes to what we have now? >> let me give you a couple of facts that i learned this week, setting up for the program. 1; last year, in the 2012 election cycle, the nra contributed $20 million to federal candidates, people running for congress and for president. gun control groups, $20 million for the nr...

Sort of three stools here, the gun aspect of it, the mental health aspect and in the society and cultural aspect of movies and videogames. let me quickly put in a plug and say on sunday, we're going to have a really interesting debate because there will be a political campaign over this, martha. the nra as you say, other gun groups will start a very active lobbying campaign up on capitol hill but for the first time the administration is going to start its campaign in a large way, sort of pick up from right where they left off after election day. we'll have the head of the center for american p...