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Right? the judiciary got some money. >> right. there is this lingering problem with corruption in mexico, especially involving their penal civil. we're not really not that far away from the episode where a u.s. marine, john hammer was held on a ridiculous trumped up firearms charge. he entered mexico, declared with firearm was told would be legal. ended up in prison for more than a year. and only released the at the highest levels of mexican and u.s. government. this is important to view it against the backdrop of generally improving political and economic conditions in mexico. gregg: under na...

Who introduced the bill, he says in 30 years of politics he never had a day like this, he had 60 phone calls on his home phone message and that whatever happens, it's going to be after a real pitch battle. one of the arguments that the gun owners one of their group called handgun rights group, said that, you know, yes, there are permits for 170,000 handguns, but in connecticut you don't need a permit for rifles. so, what they say is, you know, there are probably more rifles than handguns. so publishing the list of handgun owners wouldn't tell-- wouldn't serve the purpose that's intended anyway...

Speaks on the tot public for the first time and corporal john hammer does have a story to tell. >> when demand for oil and coal increases, the price goes up. when demand for solar cell increases the price comes down. >> a follow-up on al gore selling his cable network to the big oil anti-american guys that run al-jazeera. >> and miss universe, 2012 is olivia culpo. >> and why does miss universe oppose the recreational use of marijuana? she will be here to tell us. >> bill: caution you are about to enter the no-spin zone. the factor begins right now.

Neighborhood. and burglars-- >> and with that. >> burglaries are-- >> with that i've got to go, bob. the debate will go on and there's lot of, all sorts of ideas and conflicting thoughts on all of these topics, bob, thank you. >> you're quite welcome. >> greta: now, while some new york lawmakers are trying to make some gun owners information private a connecticut law make ser trying to make the opposite in his state and right now the names and addresses of gun owners in connecticut are confidential, but all that might be about to change. why? hartford current reporter joins us, john, why might...