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>> reporter: on the left side of this. on the gun control side, there hasn't been a great deal, as a matter of fact. if you look at last year's spending comparing just the national rifle association, never mind dozens of other prosecond amendment groups and compare its donations in the 2012 campaign to awful the collective gun control groups across the country it's kind of astounding. the nra spent about $20 million on the 2012 campaign, just them. $4,000 total from all the gun control advocacy groups around the country. a huge disparity. the white house working with a variety of organizations...

State. that there isn't some kind of tough restriction. so that's going to be an interesting test case in terms of the rest of the country and how much the gun control groups still feel that they can have an influence with elected officials because that's going to affect what happens here in washington, if anything happens here in washington. one thing i would pick up on what jon meacham said is it is about a culture of violence. of course it is. but there is that culture of violence in countries around the world. they have violent video games in japan, in switzerland, in european countries, i...

Conservatives. grinning from ear to ear already about his future in his party. and richard nixon would have turned 100 years old today if he were still alive. find out how his legacy is still trying to get shaped by his supporters and why he might be the most consequential american politician in the last half century. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, january 9th, 2013. this is the daily rundown. i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads of the morning. the end of the month deadline provides president biden's task force on gun violence to present its proposals is quickly approachin...

Principally focused at the federal level but over the past couple years, as we have identified a major opportunity and path to victory at the state level, because there are not a lot of quote unquote, gun control groups at the state level, the return on investment, just a little bit of attention on state legislatures can be pretty high. for example, in michigan, which is basically a republican government top to bottom, which is neither here nor there but also pretty pro-nra government from top to bottom, they actually have a pretty good background check system that extends federal law to requi...

Rifle legally in colorado, although it is worth mentioning, and this is something gun control groups are emphasizing today, that the arl-15 was illegal a few years ago. it was banned from 1994 to 2004. that was lifted under president bush. president obama pledged during his campaign to restore it. he has dropped the issue. so the assault, that a.r.-15 is a legal weapon now. but it was not ten years ago. one other point, in addition to purchasing the guns, he also got 7,000 rounds of ammunition and multiple magazines online. another indication of the ease with which one can acquire fire power. ...