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Done. >> steve, let me go to you about the organization apparently pulling back from some of its pro gun offensives. it's been my sense that there's a pretty clear partisan aspect to this, that the republican party across the country, wherever it has legislative power is pushing. and it's ending its controversial work on voter i.d. laws. since 2011, 17 state legislature s -- what you can tell us about alec pulls out of this you cof they keep doing this? >> the question is how much damage has already been done. at this point alec pulling out in a i way, they can kind of declare victory because ...

Spread across the country. >> let's go to steve on this. give me a sense if you can, the impact of this case you have been covering here. trayvon martin, we don't have a jury yet or case even yet. we have an indictment. >> well, yeah, i yeah. a and you mention that there are 25 states now that have laws like this on the books. some sort of a legislative standpoint, that's a question now. if alec is not going to push for more laws like this you can the question is what about the ones on theyou can the question is what about the ones on the books now. frts you look at the states where the laws t...

U.s. cal deendar will be the ca in wisconsin. they put up the voter i.d. la thanks in part to alec. this will be a have i close race and you've got a law on the books now that i think most people would look at objectively and say the practical effect of will this law is to give the republicans an advantage. >> that's right. this is a bill that's been pushed primarily by republican wlenl wlenlgts legislatures and it will make it harder for college students to vote, for people who don't have driver's licenses but may have proof of i.d., have their lease or utility bill who could vote before, it ...

Co-kraft foods and the bill and melinda gates foundation. lisa graves is the executive director of center for media and democracy which fought the laufs an steve kro knacky writes for salon. thanks for joining us, by the way. tell us what the believe the impact of the trayvon martin case in terms of funding this organization which has been pushing these stand your ground laws. >> sure. alec is a group largely funded by corporations. over 90% comes from everything but legislative dues even though it describes stefl as a group focused on legislators. this group lost funders in the last few weeks...

Political parties, one of the national political parties making this a point. republicans aren't going to do it. democrats decided about ten years ago after al gore, they won't do it either. so you lose momentum. >> here's what i want to worry about because i'm a gun control person generally speaking. i worry about it this push. people want to have a right to carry, open carry into restaurants, open carry into bars. it's going back to the wild west. is that going to tap because the trayvon martin situation? is that going to in any way dampen that push for more and more guns on display in publi...