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We had to have some sort of ban on what kind of weapons you can actually own and if the nra not willing to entertain, the president doesn t have a choice but to talk directly to the american people who do understand. and to what keith is saying, nia, look at this latest poll, quinnipiac poll of virginia voters. 58% support a ban. 39% oppose a ban there. keith has said it. the vice president has said it. members of the nra who are democrats have said no one is trying to take away your guns. we have had guest who is are part of organizations who are advocates of a gun control legislation saying, listen, i own a gun. i don t want to take guns from people. but we need some kind of, you know, law on the books, specifically about these assault weapons. you have got stanley mcchrystal, the list goes on and on and to say to nra members not choosing to accept it, this is not taking your guns, i don t even know ....
Have to do. take the fight to the folks who might be movable. this idea that we should continue, you know, to have a conversation with folks on the fringes, i don t think that s going to move the ball either way and i also don t think that necessarily public opinion is one thing but i think when the rubber meets the road, really, the conversations are in these folks districts. even if the president loses on this issue, it s important to fight the issue because the american public is behind him on this issue. maybe a few more thousand nra members coming out in support recently but this is a country with 300 million people. why listen to a few thousand members of the nra unwilling opposed to listening to the hundreds of millions of american who is want some sort of reasonable limitation or rules about who should own a weapon and how they own them? keith, nia-malika, thank you. thank you. we ll have a question. do you believe the president will make that move? thank you both. d ....
Joining me now, nia-malaki h henderson and keith boynekin. are you surprise fwid reaction post meeting and even going in to the meeting from the nra at this point? no. the reaction seems to be typical. they don t want to address any sort of issue to do with gun control and so they want to point the finger at the media culture, the video games. anything mental health, anything else except possibly guns. the one thing that might be causing gun violence. i don t think that there s a way to really the white house to deal with the nra. smart to bring them to the table but tough go around them. nia, i want to play what david keene said when he was asked about any possible compromise here. is this a classic case of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object when it comes ....
From the south and district that is don t back this president. i think only five represent districts that backed this president. so that real sli the immovable force and some ways that s akin to the nra. i think key to this is whether or not they can peel off some republicans in suburban districts. again, looking at 2014 and whether or not this is an issue on the ballot. those folks will be scared, i m sure, of the primary. keith, it was asked yesterday would the president do something incremental or a bold move and interesting that andrea mitchell, i believe, the first to report this that nbc learned that the assault weapons ban and background checks will be part of the final set of proposals. some expected there to be more focus on mental health first and then put in an assault weapons ban for the very reasons that nia-malai nia-malika pointed out. with that reporting true, it sounds like a comprehensive approach, also talking about ....