background checks. we have the polling that you referenced. 90% support universal background checks. two-thirds support an assault weapons ban. olivia, which party has more to worry about when it comes to gun control? well, i think it s interesting. i think lawful gun owners probably feel the way that other groups of lawful people who have some bad actors who color the entire group feel. you know, some people are making them look bad. they want their laws to be abided by as much as anybody else does. they don t want to be painted with a broad brush either. i think beto o rourke, even as forceful as he was on that debate stage and even though he said hell yes and got a lot of applause and seemed very radical maybe to some people who believe in the second amendment, he has been talking about the fact that there are republicans, there are gun own who are agree with him, who think there should be common sense gun reforms, that you should close loopholes, you should try and guard against
scandal. huffman apologized on friday after pleading guilty to have her daughter s score boosted on an entrance test. democratic presidential candidate beto o rourke s proposal for a mandatory buyback of military style weapons is getting pushback even from some fellow democrats. they say it makes it harder to get other gun legislation through congress. a surprising turn in the battle over guns. the stock car racing association nascar is rejecting some ads from gunmakers. it s yet another example of the corporate world leading the way on this issue when lawmakers won t. sara murray has this. nascar is shocking some gun companies as it appears to reject some ads that were supposed to advertise certain fireworks. this is a kerfuffle that started when they said nascar would like some ads from you.
outline of an assault rifle. i want to bring in new york times congressional editor julie hirschfeld davis, and correspondent for new york magazine, olivia. isn t this exactly what democrats were afraid of, that republicansing ta republicans could take this line and galvanize their base, saying we told you democrats were going to take your guns? absolutely. this is what democrats have been afraid of for a long time. it used to be you d see democratic presidential candidates going hunting to show they, too, were advocates of people s rights to bear arms. obviously beto o rourke thinks this is an issue that s shifted and that people are ready to hear someone say we re willing to take extreme measures to try to get a handle on gun violence and the mass shootings that have that we ve seen a wave of in the recent past. the problem for the democrats is that, you know, they had a strategy here of coalescing around some more moderate
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to al-qaeda. kristin: many holding campaign events after that fiery third debate in houston. doug mcleway joins us. good afternoon. still resonating beto o rourke s remarks that may go down in the still young election season by the most controversial by any candidate yet. hell yes, we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47, not going to be used against fellow americans anymore. it provoked a lot of angry responses against gun rights groups. t-shirts with the caption beto not. and joy reed asked him how would