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Angeles, if you're going east of los angeles. and it is -- you know, people here, everyone knows each other. when i arrived, some of the stores were just opening back up, because people actually ran into some of the businesses to -- for safety. and they ended up locking the doors and some of the businesses ended up closing. there's a grocery store right around the corner, they ended up closing and locking people in for safety. they have since opened back up, but there is a sense of fear in this community right now. >> certainly that seemed -- you could feel that in the way that they were talki...

Throughout this entire crime crisis that we're facing right now. >> you look at the statistics there and specifically gun homicide. homicide by firearms is up. and democratic leaders will say well, it's a gun problem. and so a lot of people that aren't read or experienced in this issue they will look at this and say okay that makes sense. the truth is all the laws are on the book to keep illegal guns from killing people. the difference is they are illegal. they are on the streets. by the way about 500 less police officers in new orleans there to take those gunels off the streets and if you are...

Same nation with the same gun problem. this year, another mass shooting in an elementary school reopened the wounds that were still healing from sandy hook. 19 children and two teachers that in their classrooms at robb elementary school. and uvalde, texas. according to the gun violence archive, there is been a 611 mass shootings in the u.s. this, year alone. making 2020 to the second worst year for gun violence, since 20. 13 the archive defines a mass shooting as four or more victims shot, either injured or killed, in a -- event. it is easy to feel like nothing has changed, or like things have...

Way that we will ever address the gun problem without addressing the ways in which the fill the filibuster combined with the two senators per state rule basically undermines majority rule. alison, if you look at 20 states that have the most highest gun ownership per capita. they send 30 to republican senators to washington out of those 20 states. if you go to the 20 states that have the smallest gun ownership per capita, they send 32 democratic senators. so equal. the difference is the 20 states with the fewest gun ownership for capita have about 125 million more people. then the 20 states wit...

Problem, because we are a country that refuses to regulate guns. and so, we have these shootings, and we have them everywhere. we have them in schools, we have them in restaurants, we have them in malls, we have them in bars. i mean, it's happening because we refuse to regulate guns. i think that it is so craven of republicans to say, this is a mental health problem. sure is a mental health problem. it is not either/or. we are happy for you to find mental health, that's great, and then also have sensible gun laws. we don't have to live like this. and, you know, just like we saw in these midter...