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Direction? >> that's a good question. perhaps the only thing he cares about is corporate in interests and the gun lobby, that remains to be seen over the months to come. certainly that was the case in the past. i don't think you can say for sure what's going to happen and perhaps as he face reelection next year, he realized it is in his best interest to take actions in this because huge majority of americans and republicans want. does he care more about corporate interest and the nra or care more about being elected. he has to weigh that and my hope and our hope is that he continues to conside...

Gun show with no background check or training. it's absurd. we are seeing the impact with the increase in mass shootings and it's almost always assault-style weapons. >> you're right. robin thomas is the executive director of giffords. thank you, robin. joining us now from the atf and msnbc terrorism analyst. jim, the police officer said this guy called 911. so did his employer after he fired him and then called the national tip line and didn't leave a threat. i get it, the fbi cannot assume everybody who calls their tip line is going to go out and shoot people. tell me about the mechanics o...

Many residents could carry guns without a license and allowing gun owners to carry weapons in places of wore someplace unless otherwise indicated. joining me no robin thomas, gifford's law center executive director. robin, we don't have time to get past one of these shootings before you and i are talking about the next one. the absurdity here is that in the wake of the el paso shooting, texas saw fit to move forward with some easing of these laws because folks there still think that, you know, the good guys with the guns will take care of the bad guys with the guns. >> well, we know that's sim...

The ratings shift, let me just tell you about the ratings shift. it is more gradual with everyone factored in but as you see in 2018, 53% got as -- sorry. 2008 it was 53/35. in 2018, 45/52. that had flipped. robin thomas joins me now. that's a lot of numbers. i want you to make sense of that for us. what has changed? have democrats changed in what they say about guns or has the nra's rating system changed? >> no, democrats have changed, ali. i think what's interesting about some of these results is that when you dig a little deeper you find that democrats that ran election campaigns on a gun s...

Triggers, it is the person. these are sick people. >> does he feel that way about opioids? >> if it is not the gun, it is the person, is it the person or not the drug? >> last week reports of internal chaos at the nra suggested that the organization power was diminishing in washington. i am not sure if that's a case. a new cnn poll suggests that 36% approved of how the president has handled gun policies. a reminder of president trump's rhetoric with the nra. he received more than $30 million in benefit from the organization since he launched his white house bit in 2016. joining us now, robin t...