like crazy, we ll bring everybody together. it is going to be a tough job and we need the american people behind us. steven barton, one of the lies that the nra and others continue to try to assert is that nothing the president proposed today would have changed what happened at sandy hook. we talk about the tragedy at sandy hook. there were 26 tragedies in the school that day. 26 tragedies, and that is because he got to use the kind of weapon and the kind of ammunition clip that president obama and carolyn mccarthy are trying to make illegal. they re trying to make those unavailable to the kinds of people who go in the schools like that. and his mother bought this stuff legally. she clearly was not the law breaking type. she would not have tried to obtain weapons legally. if she had not been able to obtain the weapons legally, they would not have been in the hands of the killer that day. and we would not have had the tragedies that day.
out these notices. and what they did as far as an ad, going after president obama s children, you know that has always been off the plate. you don t go after the president s children. and i was very insulted by that particular ad. but i m telling you, we ll work like crazy, we ll bring everybody together. it is going to be a tough job and we need the american people behind us. steven barton, one of the lies that the nra and others continue to try to assert is that nothing the president proposed today would have changed what happened at sandy hook. we talk about the tragedy at sandy hook. there were 26 tragedies in the school that day. 26 tragedies, and that is because he got to use the kind of weapon and the kind of ammunition clip that president obama and carolyn mccarthy are trying to make illegal. they re trying to make those unavailable to the kinds of people who go in the schools like that. and his mother bought this stuff
kansas want to see more children gunned down with semiautomatic military-type assault weapons. with hundred-round or two-round clips. i don t think the people of kansas want to see people able to order 6,000 rounds of ammunition over the internet. i think the people of kansas are like the people of the united states. in that they recognize that, look, gun control is an issue where reasonable people can disagree f. the nra wants to protect the rights of hunters to hunt, okay. but when they say, we can t limit the size of an ammunition clip to some sensible number, that we can t check to make sure that an escaped murderer can t go to a gun show and buy a gun or a homicidal maniac can t go to a gun show and buy a gun, that s not sensible anymore, and
so we know that it s not easy, but what we also want you to know is that you have the entire country behind you, and all of us understand that we would be nowhere without the extraordinary service that you guys provide. reporter: the president thanking the troops there, obviously. he s now got to get back to work, as you have noted. republican and democratic lawmakers expect to get back to work over the next couple of days as well. they are still very far apart, but maybe they ll finally put together a plan. gregg: david gregory could be in a bit of hot water after displaying an ammunition clip did you see this on national tv. it occurred during an interview on meet the press. gregory was asking the nra chief if banning high capacity clips would make a difference in gun control and murders. washington, d.c. police are now
violence every month. and there s no background check requirement. there is no ban on military-style weapons. you can buy them in well, roughly 33 states and thousands of gun shows. just like the weapon this kid used on friday. a bushmaster with a high-capacity ammunition clip designed for maximum soft body tissue damage. now, we ve always had mentally ill people, and evil in our society. we have never, except for the last few decades, thanks to the nra and a spineless congress, we have never armed mentally ill people with military-style weapons and easily concealed handguns without an i.d. or background check requirement. what do you say to those who will watch this and believe that liberals are folks in the northeast just want to finally get their hands on their guns, to violate the 2nd amendment rights that you are clamoring and have been waiting for a