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Served as former rnc finance chair supporting the election and re-election of george w. bush. also served as the u.s. ambassador to portugal from 2005 to 2007 and now said he will not write a check to people who do not support sensible gun legislation, and when that comes from al hoffman, that's a big deal. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> you're very welcome. >> talk to me about your thinking behind this. first of all, you are connected to parkland, florida? >> well, i am. for years i was the leading developer of parkland. my company, wci. we built 2,000 houses in the area, were present ...

Protection action also known as the brady bill for president reagan's press secretary badly injured in the assassination attempt on president reagan laid the foundation for today the nics system. the national background check system. do an instant check and flag them to major issues. 1994, violent crime control banned semiautomatic assault style weapons for 15 years but allowed to expire in 2004. six of the ten deadliest mass shootings occurred in the last five and a half years. we have yet to see if washington has the political will to curb this trend or if we'll be back here adding more to t...

Speaking out as well. a man by the name of al hoffman jr. issued republicans. he said, if he go from orlando to las vegas and now parkland, you just have to know there are others around the country just dreaming about staging another mass murderer. i will not write another check unless they all support a ban on assault weapons. enough is enough. >> yeah. that could be persuasive, but i think that people who want to impact republican members have to be specific about the things they are asking for. a ban on assault weapons is difficult to do when you can purchase things on the internet that mak...

Could make a difference that some republican donors are speaking out as well. a man by the name of al hoffman jr. said if we go from oregon to las vegas and now parkland you have to know there are others that are dreaming about staging another mass murder. i will not write another check unless they all support a ban. enough the enough. >> i think they need to be specific about the things they are asking for. a ban is very difficult to do when you ycan have that make at more dangerous item. this is why we need to look towar towards smaller more specific

Law passed. the second effort would be to establish organizations which are take incare of ting care of school, know how to love and train them, get off the violence that's on the rappers, the violence and the foul language. i've seen language that we hear over the videos all the time. train up the kids and hope that they can live and become good citizens. that's my main concern. >> al hoffman, thank you for doing your part to try to make a difference. we really appreciate you sharing your thoughts and ideas with us. >> thank you. >> thanks. coming up, make sure you check your dog food. some...