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Legislation when it comes to the senate floor and also, goldie taylor, there seems to be a growing course of folks out there starting to think that the white house and gun control advocates may have misplayed their hand on this. what do you make of the white house strategy after newtown? >> i've got concerns really for all of it. after newtown you heard the -- the nra completely radio silent. because they wanted us to get far enough away from the issue so they could have their day legislatively. that's exactly what's happening. we've got's 100 days away from newtown and people are not nearly a...

Done a very good job over many, many years of controlling the debate on this issue. but one thing that is different now is the fact that we had 20 first graders murdered in a classroom along with 6 educators. i mean, that's unacceptable. the american people want something done on this. >> pia, ho hat nra, as mark kelly pointed out, how have they been able to do such a goodell job goodell -- a good job at controlling the debate? >> one simple answer, there has not been a countervoice to the nra ever. that's what we're doing. we are not coming at this from a partisan perspective, it's from the m...

They don't support these solutions. there's nothing extreme or radicaling a universal background checks. it's quick, easy, not burdensome and the most important thing to do to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. we'd like to snap our fingers and see this proposal enacted into law for sure. after the gruesome murder of 20 young children and 6 of their adults in that school, i mean, yeah. i understand the impatience, at the same time, there sass procedure in the halls of congress that takes some time involving committees and debates and votes, and on some level, we have...

Amendments rights will be well-received and the nra will have to deal with that. >> you are an alumnumb of bart college and former congresswoman giffords will give the commencement speech there along with her husband mark kelly. how is gabby doing? >> doing very well. still making improvements regularly and working hard at it. she's doing really well. >> thank you so much, pia. americans for responsible solutions. happy easter to you and happy passover. >> happy easter to you and to my family in upstate new york. i shall not see and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another te...

People want background checks. they want a ban on high-capacity magazines. but there are strong constituencies out there. the nra among them. gun owners of america, another one of them. they are pushing in ways that legislators hadn't seen quite before and many of them especially conservatives demes from more red leaning states are afraid to go ahead and do the right thing. >> goldie taylor, perry bacon, dave weigel and our white house were correspondent peter alexander. thanks sow all f to all of you easter as well. >> thanks. >> happy easter. up next, if it's not her husband at her side, o...