that piece of this, people standing up against the nra, rather than it being the thing vs. the politicians? i think you are starting to see more and more of that and more jen venues like not one more and more avenues for people to come together and stand up like that and to call out legislators by name. but i do think that from a political standpoint, you know, the gentleman, one of the kids killed in santa barbara s father, he said, we need courage on the part of politicians. you know, in 28, hillary was asked about this. she was able to kind of walk that fine line of balance, 2nd amendment rights with people people safe. the idea that democrats for too long have bought into the nra language that somehow they have to be separate. politically, those two things have to come toke. i think on the personal side, we need more advocates leak you saw today coming out, telling their
and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. they are being dubbed the gun fighters. everybody s got an opinion on this one. i stay away from it as soon as it comes up. a new abc/ washington post poll, a strong majority of americans believe that background checks 88% support. and a small majority, 51% nationwide ban on semiautomatics. 55% support an armed guard in every school in the country. 58% a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons. so you can see americans, our views are changing, especially when it comes to these semiautomatic rifles and weapons. you get the feeling that change is in the air in that regard. and marco rubio said, in regards to the president s 23 executive actions, which is going to cost about $500 million, he said nothing the president is proposing would have stopped the massacre at sandy hook. he s targeting 2nd amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. the last two massacres we ve had
nation s schools and puts him at odds of most americans according to 49% saying it s more important to control gun ownership. 42% favor protecting 2nd amendment rights. i want to bring in shannon watts. as many people watched on friday, not only we saw the first reaction in the press briefing that wane lappeire and pressed and wayne is blaming everything but guns and opposed to any new gun regulation and wants to talk about the other possibilities of video games to hollywood to the media to actually arming schools. is this a point of a pr crisis for the nra, especially logically not to have guns in the discussion at all? well, unfortunately, i think
legislation and the statute and then they use their smart experts to find a way around it. we have to be tough on getting the assault weapons off the street. absolutely get these high-capacity clips, the 30-round clips to allow the guy to walk in to the school and only change the ammunition twice. we have to get them off the street but that s the beginning of a much longer conversation about how we make sure it doesn t happen again. thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. let s bring in roger simon. roger, thanks for hanging with us and coming to join me today. senator manchin, i got a portion of what he said happened with the conversation with the president. and he went on to say that he knows the friends at the nra and those that support the 2nd amendment rights will participate in what he hopes to be a productive dialogue. i don t want to say he s being too optimistic but from the actions we have seen, from the nra do you believe there s a possibility after this
congressman from connecticut, representative chris murphy. his district includes newtown. thank you so much, sir, for your time. sure. i know your heart is heavy. this is your community. this is your home. the nation, the world is mourning but this is this is your home. i ve got to ask you. off the top here about some of the conversations. senator manchin just released a statement following his phone call with the president. he said the president called him and at this point this is the quote. i believe that we must have a dialogue and bring parties from all sides to the table. i know my friends at the nra and those that support the 2nd amendment rights will participate because i know their hearts are aching for the families of newtown just like all americans. but we have not heard from the nra at this point about a conversation on reasonable and sensible gun control. well, i mean, listen. i think it s important first to say in newtown the conversation has not turned to gun con