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Himself at a mall in columbia, maryland. it has some worried about america becoming desensitized to violence. >> one out of three americans know someone who has been shot. >> we had drills to prepare for nuclear bombs in the 1950s. will we have drills to prepare for school shootings? some argue that we should. he writes, crisis management plans in the workplace and schools, it is time to accept the fact that gun violence will occur. joining me now is mark blaze.

From getting guns in the wrong hands. colorado is a wonderful example of that. >> we talk a lot about the nra. do you think that we are developing an appropriate response in terms of progressives -- people who want to see sensible gun safety measures, do you think that group is coming together in a way that can answer the power of the nra? >> yes. colorado, very gun friendly safe and they passed two of the strongest gun legislation laws in the u.s. more than 100 people who are too dangerous to own guns under law have been stopped and it only takes one. >> mark, i knew you would help

Public there strongly believe that everybody ought to get a background check. as long as the public is with you and they clearly still are, i don't think you need to match the nra dollar for dollar but we'll sure hold their feet to the fire with advertisements and whatever else it takes. >> mark blaze, thanks for coming on. the tweet of the day comes from our own chuck todd. he's traveling with the president in germany. chuck tweeted out this photo writing michael jackson historians will recognize this hotel where he dangled blanket out of the window. hotel is behind press riser hoar at bran...

At this site where they're searching for the body of former t teamsters boss jimmy hoffa and they came to the microphones and said the search is over and no bodies were found. and the mystery remains elusive. vice president joe biden vowing that the fight for gun control legislation is far from over. >> we need to make sure that the voices of those we lost are the loudest ones we hear in this fight. we need to make sure that everyone in the country knows that this fight isn't over. far from it. we got a majority but not the super majority needed. we will get it. >> but with no new sponsors o...

We've had the mayors of tucson of munci indiana, mayors in ohio call to join us because they hear about what we're doing. they've had enough. whether we're republican or d democr democrat, they understand the politics are right. the people have just reached a point where it's beyond time to act. >> all right, mark blaze with us tonight. the divide between urban and rural america is never greater than on guns. john nerks nichols joins me next. republicans are hitting the same nra talking points. stay with us. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro.