>> that's completely false. "the washington post" op-ed writer said that and the fact is i am for taking action. it's like somebody said, there's nothing of importance you can do until you've prayed but there are many things of importance you can do after you've prayed. shannon, i am glad the president is considering at least the possibility of further background checks and red flag laws. the fact is if we depend upon legislation alone to solve the gun problem, we are going to be sadly disappointed. remember, the state of illinois has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country and yet just last week a chicago hospital had to stop accepting new patients because its trauma unit was overrun with gunshot victims. there is a spiritual component, shannon, to this gun violence problem that we must address not in place of legislation but certainly alongside any proposed legislation. >> shannon: governor mike huckabee, frequent guest here, he wrote a blog. here's what he said. he said "this is never going to