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A series of slave revolts terrified white residents and helped fuel the rationale for gun ownership ‘For too long, the second amendment has been portrayed with a founding fathers aura swaddled in the stars and stripes.’ Photograph: Eric Gay/AP Bodies are piling up all over the second amendment as two of America’s pandemics converge. The “plague of gun violence” and the inability to mount an effective response, even in the wake of multiple mass shootings, is, unfortunately, rooted in the other pa

Shall not be infringed. it is a topic of the book "the second amendment." written by my next guest michael waldman. michael, how much deliberation went into the 27 words? >> they are foggy and confusing. a lot of debate over the constitution. the second amendment was not the marquee item these were debating. they were talking about these in the constitutional convention. it is clear that what the framers were thinking about overwhelmingly were the militias. the militias were the state military forces back then. they did involve all adult men, white men, being members for their entire lives and...

Showing california shooter had bought guns. even though california has a database in this instance, deputies did not check the database. the clock winds down to violence by a ticking time bomb and we are incapable of stopping him. the california assembly member is proposing a way to get guns out of the hands an of the mentally unstable when family and friends fear this is is eminent. we have author of the book, "my life among the serial killers" and has interviewed dozens of serial killers. helen morrison. >> well, the parents in this case saw red flags and close loved ones see the red flags, ...

Those limits were. we're fighting that out in the courts and dozens and dozens of judges have ruled and overwhelmingly, interestingly they upheld gun laws. yeah, it's an individual right but society still has a right to protect itself and there could be limits but we're continuing to fight it out. this is one of the great debates throughout our time. >> if i go to the nra headquarters and i walk in the door, what am i going to see missing from the second amendment? >> well, an amazing thing. you go to their headquarters and you walk in the lobby and there on the wall in big letters, the second...

It does speak to an urban rural divide. right now, anytime gun safety measures are discussed, some people say my second amendment rights, my constitutional sacred right is threatened. and actually a lot of other people feel -- we have been fighting over what it means always. >> you can still support it and own a gun. people don't understand that. >> you can support it and also own a gun and law abiding people should be able to protect themselves on the one hand, on the other hand, have strong gun laws. that is necessarily at odds. so i do hope that understanding that the -- what the second ame...