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What he's going to do. he offered a presidential perspective but this is not necessarily going to be a federal decision or presidential decision. it's a local decision for states, local municipalities to decide how they want it handle it. >> concealed carry. >> the real issue is talking to lawmakers today is can there be republican appetite for background checks in congress. >> i wonder whether he wants to do any of this stuff. last night at a forum in florida, fred guttenberg who lost his 14-year-old daughter jamie in last week's shooting confronted senator marco rubio about his record on gun...

>> exactly. we as teachers periodically discuss various issues. this is one we before have discussed and more seriously now. we think it's a very, very, very bad idea. i am a gun owner. i think it's -- it would be very difficult for teachers to go into a classroom and have a gun. one, where do i put the gun? do i put it in my pocket in a holster, 0en my desk? is it locked up somewhere? number two, there is a potential shooting situation on campus. i've got to make a decision as a teacher, do i shoot the student because maybe they've done something and they're a threat. >> what if i make mistak...

Restricting gun rights for law-abiding citizens. >> jen, to you, i hear ken being on the more restrictive side. just so everyone understands, with the heller decision, the notion perhaps people are floating banning a semiautomatic weapon, that door is open, yes, respecting the second amendment but that door is open because of heller. >> absolutely. i think, i'll add to what he said, he's right the supreme court recognized that the second amendment right is available to individuals it's not sort of -- it's not as broad as he would suggest. et's about the individual right to own a handgun in one...

Republicans facing this pressure, move in some sort of direction on gun control, comes down to second amendment. i wanted to today talk about the heller decision. supreme court, 2008, landmark decision essentially said that the right to keep and bear arms subject to original. justice scalia said, like most rights the right secured by the second amendment is not unlimited, the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner, whatsoever and for whatever purpose. we think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dan...

The supreme court says it is, which they in heller say said you have a right to keep and bear arms in your home, and no state can take that away from you. beyond that, the states can regulate how they want. >> that's exactly right as a statement of the current law. there are common sense measures. connecticut implemented them. they have reduced gun violence. the laws work. common sense steps like background checks. a ban on assault weapons, the bump stocks that enabled semi automatic to be turned into a machine gun like automatic, all consistent with the second amendment under the heller decis...