common sense position on gun reform. we re not talking about moving to extremes. we re just trying to make sure that everybody that buys a gun goes through a background check. that s not an obsession over guns. that s just trying to reflect where 90% of americans are but he s right in the sense this is much deeper than just the laws about guns. the fact is that in many of our inner cities there s a sense of hopelessness and kids feel that their only way out often is to express power through violence. we have to give a sense of hopefulness that they can have a life outside that unfortunate reality that is married together with violence far too often. that s a much bigger conversation about guns. but let s just get to where the majority of the country is on guns and then we can have a bigger conversation about how we try to reduce some of the endemic causes of violence in our cities. passions remain high on both sides of this issue as they always do. senator chris murphy of connecticut
of the century. barack obama, joe biden and their gun allies only want to blame you, vilify you and strip you of your second amendment freedoms. these lines are pretty clear here. is this where the republican party wants to go? no, and it s certainly not the party that i want to be a part of in the future, if that s where the party is going. i think that, you know, what the president has laid out is a common sense position to start with. a lot of the things the president has talked about in his 23 points today, are things that the nra, republicans have supported in the past. let s be opposed to it and sit down and get something done. michael, you re like a minority of one. i m waiting for others to come out who are still elected representatives of the party. one, to say hey, let s have a
these lines are pretty clear here. is this where the republican party wants to go? no, and it s certainly not the party that i want to be a part of in the future, if that s where the party is going. i think that, you know, what the president has laid out is a common sense position to start with. a lot of the things the president has talked about in his 23 points today, are things that the nra, republicans have supported in the past. let s be opposed to it and sit down and get something done. michael, you re like a minority of one. i m waiting for others to come out who are still elected representatives of the party. one, to say hey, let s have a real conversation here and not just hide behind the nra and its rhetoric of fear. michael, do you think there are any republicans that will vote for any of the proposals that were put on the table today? i do. and i ll tell you why.
the party that i want to be a part of in the future. that s where the party is going. i think that, you know, what the president has laid out is a common sense position to start with. a lot of the things the president has talked about in his 23 points today, are things that the nra has supported in the past. let s be opposed to it and sit down and get something done. michael, you re like a minority of one. i m waiting for others to come out who are still elected representatives of the party. one, to say hey, let s have a real conversation here and not just hide behind the nra and its rhetoric of fear. michael, do you think there are any republicans that will vote for any of the proposals that were put on the table today. i do. and i ll tell you why. it s the numb befrs that you show in the first segment today, those poll numbers. that s where the rubber meets
confidence that mitt romney will obviously take a republican stand on that. but what about what he said in the usa today. because, of course, when he was facing a tax on his health care plan as being the same as barack obama s, he said that he backed he said he backed the individual mandate in massachusetts, but not for the country as a whole. but obviously, that changed. the 2009 on ed, romney said just the opposite. how do you square that? well, look, there is no question that he has been unequivocal saying he wants to repeal obama care. and it s not just a republican position. this is a common sense position for america. i mean, you and i both know that health care will never be the same in this country if that bill goes into effect not to mention the fact that we will potentially bankrupt the states along with the federal government assuming that kind of liability. one or the other.