most shameful day in american history, in his time in the presidency when that did not pass. and charleston happen, they could not close the charleston loophole. it is just in action after inaction after inaction. and you know, with a couple of modest or forms in there, the political reality right now is that there is nothing going to be done with this in congress. ashby, when you go to congress, we heard earlier, you said that you spoke to over 100 lawmakers. are those lawmakers the one who already want to do something. have you spoken to any elected official who is not willing to budge on this, who meets with you and says no thanks? i have met with plenty of lawmakers who have said no, but i have to say that there is a tide that is changing, and for me personally this year meeting with republican lawmakers on the house side and what i immediately approached i have found that in my
fifteens we re spreading among republican voters i think it s one out of every 20. a large number of republican bases carrying around assault weapons and do not want to see them carrying white. they have them at their houses so it is a calling card among some american politicians, a pose with them in the christmas cards, it really riled up american voters. i do not see that changing because after mass shooting after mass shooting, nothing happens. after sandy hook, nothing happened. president obama said it was the most shameful day in american history, in his time in the presidency when that did not pass. and charleston happen, they could not close the charleston
it is time for the federal government to say you know what, that is great, you re not getting a dime of federal grant money from the department of justice or department of homeland security. not a dime until you start enforcing the laws that your state has passed. it is also time to consider the certification of they need to be certified every couple of years and if part of the certification process is that you refuse to enforce red flag laws, you do not get certified. that affects everything from recruitment to municipal insurance. it is time to play hardball. there are two no-brainer things that we keep talking about that, in some cases, past the house of representatives but simply cannot get through this and it. that is closing the gun show loophole. there is no reason why we cannot regulate every gun purchase that is made, including the weekend at the convention center or the fairgrounds where you buyer gone with no background check. it s secondly, we need to close the charleston
homeland security. not a dime until you start enforcing the laws that your state has passed. it is also time to consider the certification of they need to be certified every couple of years and if part of the certification process is that you refuse to enforce red flag laws, you do not get certified. that affects everything from recruitment to municipal insurance. it is time to play hardball. there are two no-brainer things that we keep talking about that, in some cases, past the house of representatives but simply cannot get through this and it. that is closing the gun show loophole. there is no reason why we cannot regulate every gun purchase that is made, including the weekend at the convention center or the fairgrounds where you buyer gone with no background check. it s secondly, we need to close the charleston loophole, which is where if the gun background check is not completed in three days, very strangely the losses that you default to giving the purchaser the gun with no com