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>> gun reform could be a defining issue in the u.s. senate race in texas where democrats are hoping for a blue wave this november. republican incumbent ted cruz will face democratic candidate beto o'rourke. joining me now, jim moore and sarah slayman. thank you both for being here. jim, i want to talk to you about old ted cruz. ted cruz, a lot of people may forget, came to the country's attention when he was the solicitor general of texas, a position he held for five years, and was constantly weighing in on issues that had nothing to do with texas but were matters of national import, including...

Right to gun ownership to serve the duty of being in the militia. our question to the founding fathers would make no sense, just like their answer to us makes no sense. but when you look at the -- when they were debating the second amendment and writing it up on the floor of the house of representatives, it was about this issue of military service. they were very concerned about the public good. >> the practical consideration, from the gun advocate's perspective. waldman, you're killing me with restrictions. i want to get a gun legally, it's so difficult for me and so easy for the bad guys. ev...

Murder behavior. and here, too, we have to take a hard look at lowering the threshold for allowing someone to have access to a gun. i keep going back to your question from last week, what is the responsibility of the gun seller? i don't think we can overburden this person because there's lawful transactions, but it does bare in mind, why are you buying the weapon? why do you want three rifles? what's going on? how do you look? how do you appear? there's no question that we make these assessments every day people make these assessments. when a 171 going around trying to get a case of beer or ot...

America. it will benefit s.t.e.m. disney's ce oo says it is thrilling to inspire the young children with technology. >> 700 million for context. guardians of the galaxy made $703 million in five months. >> thanks for joining us. i'm i really believe i would run into even if i didn't have a weapon. >> it's ridiculous. >> he was stating he would step in and try to help. >> it's common sense. >> i don't think he should be backing away from this issue. >> i don't care if congress does it or not. i'm writing it out myself. >> in this case he deserves credit for this and i hope he'll keep it up. >...

Second amendment. i don't want to get into that battle. we're going to say you want the second amendment the most. >> but repealing the second amendment part of the bill of rights laid out by the founders is not easy. here's a reminder. it takes support from two-thirds of the house and senate, needs approval from three quarters of the states and we can add one more there, is not going to happen. now let's talk about the nra. it wasn't always this way. the supreme court only clarified the gun rights interpretation of the second amendment ten years ago in the land mark d.c. heller case. they pro...