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See what you both say, having been steeped in the constitution on this issue, on what -- heller, on what the constitution permits on guns, first, does the constitution allow restrictions on owning or not being able to own an ar-15 style weapon? what do you say? >> i mean, i -- >> go ahead, john. we may have different answers. john, please, go ahead. >> thanks, kate. you know, there will be a question going forward about what sorts of firearms congress or state legislature could ban. i think probably everybody agrees they couldn't limit it to muskets. and in fact there was a d.c. circuit decisi...

And so the court is going to have to decide that at some point. there certainly is leeway to ban what the court called dangerous and unusual weapons. >> and could the ar-15, john, fit under that description? >> well, not to get too technical, but the way heller described the standard was firearms in common use at the time. and what kavanaugh said in his dissent was ar-15s are widely owned, they are in common use. i think the other side would say that's a relatively recent phenomenon, and congress has ample leeway to decide, no, we have experimented with this since the assault ban and they're j...

Two former SCOTUS clerks who worked on Heller claim Congress has been cowed by Heller. Here's why that doesn't make sense.

Has a problem. he has a problem. he's trying to fix it. can he? that's why we're here. >> john, in our reoccurring weekly segment of amazing catches with you, i want to play you a catch at the m mets/nationals game. a home run ball, you can see it. and then in the stands there is a father who leans over and catches it, but what's in his other hand there, john? >> a child! let me answer the question. >> remember the old announcer at baltimore, give that fan a contract, right? that's a great catch. i would like to ask what mom -- how mom feels about that? dad leaning over the fence to catch the ...

Not only our politicians and police are cowards about guns — we all are.