your country. joining us is professor of public policy at the university of california at berkeley robert rice. his new book titled the common good. he says we have drifted a long way since those words by robert kennedy. americans began talking less about the common good and more about self-aggrandizement. from we re all in this together to you re on your own. the past five decade have been marked by growing cynicism and distrust towards all of the basic institutions of american society. we seem to be a long way from when john f. kennedy ask that americans contribute to the well being of all. i couldn t agree with you more. what do you think of the factors
and then go where 97% of the public want him to go. boy, the world is changing very rapidly on this and actually in this instance, it appears with 97% of americans in a poll saying that they support universal background checks. among gun owners 97% of as well. the president actually looks like he is a step ahead of the most republicans. and in conversations that we ve been having all over the washington, you hear, i m scared to say it but i fear maybe thing there change. while speaks the president said he had directed the justice department to propose changes that would ban bump stocks. the devices allow guns to shoot hundreds of rounds per minute and were most noticeably used