exercise like bruce babbits that may have prevailed in a more sober era, but not in ours. he went back to his state, won re-election by 35%. in 2006, the year of the big democracy takeover in both houses of congress, democrats didn t even bother to field a candidate against dick luger, so he won re-election with really, 87% of the vote, 87%, with the other 13% going to libertarian, through all the time, he was a really reliable republican, not the most conservative guy in the world, he supports assaults weapons ban, but he supports stimulus and dodd frank and science and votes against tax increases and all the rest of it, if you are a major political party, dick luger is a first round draft pick for you. he is the kind of guy you want in the senate seat. you want him in the senate seat because he does a very important thing, he does not lose senate
may have prevailed in a more sober era, but not in ours. he went back to his state, won re-election by 35%. in 2006, the year of the big democracy takeover in both houses of congress, democrats didn t even bother to field a candidate against dick luger, so he won re-election with really, 87% of the vote, 87%, with the other 13% going to libertarian, through all the time, he was a really reliable republican, not the most conservative guy in the world, he supports assaults weapons ban, but he supports stimulus and dodd frank and science and votes against tax increases and all the rest of it, if you are a major political party, dick luger is a first round draft pick for you. he is the kind of guy you want in the senate seat. you want him in the senate seat because he does a very important thing, he does not lose senate elections.
the facts. they know there has never been any gun law that has reduced crime, that has prevented a mass shooting. his effort is to push congress from outside to to pass more gun laws as well as get the laws to the state ledge his late legislatures. this feels still to me pretty much like a campaign style event. it is very campaign-style. is he going to be traveling around the country pursuing this agenda. the problem is it is just not based on fact. it s based on emotions. the presidents have this agenda. he wants that so-called assaults weapons back. ban magazines over 10 rounds. background checks on people who give their gun to their family members. he has wanted these things for four years. he waited for the right moment. unfortunately they are exploiting a tremendous tragedy that happened at sandy hook elementary school in order to push through these laws. it may not happen on the
progressives, common sense gun reform advocates that have deep pockets that are ready to say, listen, finally a channel for this. look, if you which is why they are going to have that intensity in the grassroots. there is a moment here, and that is exactly what the president is saying. if you look at the last lbj was passed in the wake of the assassinations we saw. there s a national moment happening here, we all know that. but the question will be, what can really happen? obviously, david gregory made great points, the assaults weapons ban is hyperpolarizing. there are a complexed menu of things that can actually do a lot. i mean, universal background checks, 40% of gun sales, the president said exchanged between private hands. that s also a boon by gun retailers because they are sick having to compete with a black market that doesn t have to adhere to the same rules they have. it s a complicated issue. let s talk about, look, if