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Theater. congresswoman, thank you very much for being with us. >> rachel, it's good to be with you. >> are you encouraged looking across the country by that andrew cuomo initiative spearheading it, but promising to work with his legislature to work with all tight gun laws? are you encouraged by that today? >> i'm encouraged by what governor cuomo is doing. i'm encouraged by my governor and my legislature which convened today and immediately started talking about stopping this terrible gun violence. i'm encouraged by the white house's initiative. i think finely, after aurora last summer and now...

Across the country by that andrew cuomo initiative spearheading it, but promising to work with his legislature to work with all tight gun laws? are you encouraged by that today? >> i'm encouraged by what governor cuomo is doing. i'm encouraged by my governor and my legislature which convened today and immediately started talking about stopping this terrible gun violence. i'm encouraged by the white house's initiative. i think finely, after aurora last summer and now the terrible tragedy at sandy hook, finally people are realizing that the american public, the moms and dads of this country have...

Much for being with us. >> rachel, it's good to be with you. >> are you encouraged looking across the country by that andrew cuomo initiative spearheading it, but promising to work with his legislature to work with all tight gun laws? are you encouraged by that today? >> i'm encouraged by what governor cuomo is doing. i'm encouraged by my governor and my legislature which convened today and immediately started talking about stopping this terrible gun violence. i'm encouraged by the white house's initiative. i think finely, after aurora last summer and now the terrible tragedy at sandy hook, fi...

To be very concerned about where this is going and how far these steps that the president wants to take will end up going. >> a brilliant psychologist at george mason university, jeff pollard sent me an email saying -- you remember, the whole going postal issue, where we had a spate of hostal workers shooting each and other that died off. he posted me this question, do you know why? the postal service has adopted threat assessment, in the same way that the secret service has adopted threat assessment, in looking at people who may be interested in assassinating a president of the united states....

Believe that right should be extended to everyone at every time for every type of weapon. >> matt, what i think frank is getting at is that republicans generally in the nra specifically seem outside of the mainstream on gun issues. my perspective is on a range of social issues on abortion rights and same-sex marriage and whatever party is seeming at that moment to be too far to the extreme out of the mainstream is the party that is losing on the issue. i think we may be seeing gun rights as the next sort of war on women issue. what i mean by that is i'm pes niftic that legislation is going to ...