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Society to protect ourselves. we can make that both work. it may well be this is not going to upend all those laws. >> i'm curious, because supporters of guns take the issue very personally so what kind of reaction has your book received? >> well, you're right, you know, gun rights supporters, as they would consider themselves, are very intense in their feelings and in some ways that's part of their political success. the book has gotten, so far, a terrific reaction. i'm happy to say. you know, i would say some of the comments, you know, on blogs and that sort of thing from some folks have not...

>> and in 2008, the supreme court in the heller decision basically -- the argument you make in the book is nra rewrote the second amendment in front of ouri our eyes and got the supreme court to sign off on it. >> they have the second amendment on the wall but they edited out three dots about the militia. that is kind of what the supreme court did -- >> you walk in the lobby and it says right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed and got rid of the first clause? >> exactly. the supreme court as you know in this case it was the very first time the supreme court of the unite...

The issue of trust. that's what it's really all about. trusting the citizens. and in that sense, chris, when you look at the way this white house and some of the states have dealt with the issue after newtown, instead of going after the very difficult problems of mental health in this country, they focused as a scapegoat, the gun issue. i'm afraid that when you deal with the american people as some broad political pinata, they're going to be consequences and we'll all be aware of those consequences come this november. >> richard feldman, an independent gun owners of america, thank you so much,...

Gun as a protection against tyranny and just to do what they want. they want to stroll down the street with their guns, open carry, go into chipotle with your semiautomatic, that's cool. that's blessed by thomas jefferson. is that true? >> it isn't really true. when you look at the history of the second amendment, this has been a subject of great debate all throughout the country's history and the way we think of what the second amendment means changes based on what we think of government and other things. back in the founding days, the well regulated militia was not like anything we have righ...

On for freedom. that's what's new and different. >> and in 2008, the supreme court in the heller decision basically -- the argument you make in the book is nra rewrote the second amendment in front of our eyes and got the supreme court to sign off on it. >> they have the second amendment on the wall but they edited out three dots about the militia. that is kind of what the supreme court did -- >> you walk in the lobby and it says right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed and got rid of the first clause? >> exactly. the supreme court as you know in this case it was the ve...