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robb elementary school. the family of those victims as well as the survivors of the shooting continue to grapple with a massive failure of law enforcement. more importantly, the vice gripping with the gun industry holds to america and its lawmakers. legal actions have been filed against daniel defends, the manufacture of the ar-15 style rifle that the gunman used in the shooting. one of those positions was filed by the school staff member who previously it was wrongly claimed left open a door that the shooter had used. another -- was fired by the parents of amerie jo garza, another v...

Everything that we are doing we are not allowed enough to make people think that we don't have to go through a tragedy, or suffer what we suffer, to be part of the solution. >> is that you are not loud enough, or that the gun lobby is so loud? they have such a grip. people have described the gun lobby as a protection rackets. particularly for republicans. where if they decide to change their views on guns, they will get on seated. we saw this with a republican congressman in buffalo, who call for certain gun restrictions. and then announced one week later he is not going again because he has b...

Avenue cad toe growth because they know -- avocado growth because they know that the mexican government cannot -- arthel: how would that work then? how does that work if the drug cartels take over the orchards, how does that work if they're protecting it, as you just point out in. >> i don't think they would do that, not production, but they would see to it nobody disrupted the production. they do that down there -- arthel: do they get a percentage? they get a cut? >> there'd be a variety of different ways to do it. it would be a set price or maybe a cut or something. but maybe the old protect...

Close their plants, the region's economy would come crashing down. arthel: i mean, it's really horrible. and can we trust drug cartels to make sure most of the profits go to the farmers so the farmers don't get completely cut out of the deal? >> well, you not only trust them, you pay them. they become a part of the enterprise. these are like mini governments down there now where they'll do protection rackets, obviously, their drug production and distribution. but it's a shame the mexicans can't control their own crime problem. the basic responsibility of a government is security and order, and...

Wouldn't be nuclear weapons. it would all be for peaceful purposes. >> nukes for peace. before you go, chris, president trump demanded more from allied nations where u.s. troops are deployed. yesterday south korea agreed to pay $100 million more. you wrote that he wants to turn alliances into protection rackets. what do you mean fwha? >> well, i mean, the idea of the alliance has always been that there is a fair part of the cost of defense paid by these countries. but we're projecting american power overseas for our own interests, to protect our own interests. that's why we have american troop...