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And i think will begin to impute to the nra. he has a pr disaster on his hands. he's trying to deal with that. not very well. he's made one misstep after the next. >> julian, you're hitting an important point from the way that congress works. which is people want to support whatever they think they won't actually have to vote on or won't become law. that's the easiest thing to support as a distraction. stephen, i want to play one other interesting thing we heard from mark kelly today in the hearing which you attended. take a listen to this response regarding the idea of putting more armed guar...

Background checks. >> let's be honest. background checks will never be universal because criminals will never submit to them. >> many policy makers, however, object to that logic which is basically an argument for scrapping post of the penal code. and the top cop from baltimore county pushed back on the nra's view. >> the best way to stop a bad guy from getting a gun in the first place is a good background check. >> while all the senators examined for preventing gun violence, news of another shooting was reported this afternoon. three people were shot at a business center in phoenix. and the s...

0 society. >> americans are counting on you. thank you. ♪ >> the time for speeches and press conferences has ended. today for the nirs time since the mass shootings in newtown, congress took action on gun regulations. the senate convened hearings to consider new laws to counter gun violence. the witnesses and attendees included safety experts, second amendment advocates, and survivors of recent shootings. as soon as the hearing was gavelled into session, an unannounced appearance by gabby giffords who was shot in the head two years ago underscored the stakes. >> too many children are dying. ...

>> and yet, stephen, you're standing in a place that could stand between any legislative change and the application of the things that the president is recommending. are you hopeful? >> oh, i'm absolutely hopeful. i had the honor this morning of traveling and meeting some families from newtown. and i really just want to remind people what exactly is at stake. i mean, a month ago 26 people were brutally murdered. every day 33 americans are murdered with guns. it's not time for inaction. to do nothing in the face of such suffering would be utter failure on the part of this congress. >> indeed, i...

That's the extent to which the supreme court ever recognized the second amendment right. even in that case justice scalia said things like assault weapons, background checks, high-capacity magazines are totally on the table. so those gun nuts that are suggesting that this ask an encroachment on the second amendment have no idea what the second amendment says and have never read the only case that has ever held that there is an individual right to bear a hand gunn inside the home. and as i've said before, it's been about 500 challenges before the federal courts and the state courts on gun restr...