on the left is to demand a swift action the guns. why does the united states of america have such a high rate of mass gun violence? the answer is very simply that consistent with the second amendment, we can tighten the rules that apply to gun purchases. it happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. we are responsible. i would rather pass gun safety legislation then win the election. laura: the oscar goes to nancy, the drama. but seriously as our security experts discussed last night, the focus on this type of gun or what caliber, that misses the point. nicholas cruz was determined to kill one way or another.
to take out first. there are too many guns. the fact this guy was able to obtain an assault weapon and able to kill 17 people despite the presence of a police officer there explodes this whole argument that if you have more guns you are safer. if you line up the states that have the least gun regulation, they have the most gun crime. if we are going to be serious about this problem in america, every day gun violence in america, we have to be a country with fewer guns it s that simpl simple. laura: that s not going to happen, i like to deal with the world of reality. your thought is if we have mass confiscation of weapons, the government will go into the homes of people who have 300 million guns, these are people who say you can t deport 20 million illegals. but you can go into the homes and take their guns i would like
we had a great prayer chain. that mattered so much but the kindness of strangers and so many different ways. i m a big youtube fan, he prayed for me before his concert. laura: he s a big gun control guy but that s good. he prayed and it did matter. the power of prayer is real, i got to see so much, going to physical therapy three days a week. i don t have constant pain, i have issues that i m still working through. nerve damage especially on my left side, trying to learn how to walk again without crutches. i was a starting second baseman. laura: i played college softball. i want to get back out there. i am blessed by god to be able to spend time with my family, to be able to get back to work
if you look at the states when they adopt stricter gun control rates, crime rates go up. it s just not true. a whole list of academic papers, the overwhelming number of academic papers find at. laura: we know chicago has tough gun laws. baltimore has horrible crime and has some of the most difficult toughest gun laws in the country. maryland and chicago. i think we can look at these polls and you make some points that are right. people here assault weapon and they have to ban it. they think it s an automatic weapon, it s not. automatic weapons are banned, we don t have crime with automatic weapons because they are banned. once the last time you heard somebody use a machine gun? laura: the public may use tougher immigration laws but senators have their own ideas.
and those people who have been living in this country doing the best that they can the last six months they have been under threat, that emotional threat they have been living with, democrats haven t reached out to and neither have republicans. laura: how did republicans not reach out? i m not somebody who loves this plan but the president made a decision to compromise, to go above and beyond the 800,000 daca kids to include 1.8 million people which was upping it by 1 million. the president didn t wait for nancy pelosi to say 1.8 million, he did it by himself and said you ve got to give up something on the other side. the democrats wanted to flood the country with more low skilled labor so they could keep their electric replenished, they want to keep these people coming into the country.