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aurora and just to watch the news back over and over again. i would just turn it off. and i could continue my day. and that s, like erica said, we can t do that anymore. this is our life. and unfortunately, more and more people have to deal with the pain of losing someone to gun violence. now, the washington post wrote how gun control is losing badly. the article shows gun-control advocates only raised 6.5% of what gun rights v s advocates . and when it comes to federal lob lobbying, gun rights lobbyists spent over $12 million last year. gun control groups spent $1 million. we have the founder and editor and chief, msnbc.com political reporter benji sarlon and contributing editor to theroot.com, corey daye. let me start with you. we look at what today s boston globe wrote. more than 1500 bills were filed
they don t have to incur this type of violence. they don t live with it. and so there is not this ground swell of support for support. unfortunately, this newtown massacre was the kind of sort of the kind of violence that usually you would think would actually galvanize many americans outside of urban areas. and it hasn t happened. so that s a big contributor to it. meanwhile, though, as we look where support for gun reform in this country stands, benji, we ve got a poll out this week. it sound support for stricter gun control has dropped from 58% in january to 52% this month. so is this the issue of not seeing, as corey was pointing out, that grass-roots organization needed for gun control, gun reform groups that the opposition, that advocates for more wide-sweeping, lesser, you know, lesser accommodating rules have? i d argue it s the dominant issue. right after newtown when i talked to gun rights groups, they said this kind of building
0 it increases spending. it blows a bigger hole in the deficit, and it breaks the work that congress made with the american people, and that s reduce our spending, not increase it. as you can imagine, with paul ryan sticking his neck out on this, he has a few choice words for those who oppose it. read the deal and get back to me. i look, that s just i think that s people are going to do what they need to do. in the minority, you don t have the burden of governing. so in an op-ed today, rubio says it does not tackle jobs, meaning it will be harder for more americans to achieve the american dream. he s not the only who oppose, cruz, paul and lee. there are reports mitch mcconnell is against it as well, and it s rare for him to break from john boehner. boehner got mad yesterday at his briefing, lashing out publicly to conservatives pushing republicans who oppose the bill. here it is again in case you missed it. most major conservative groups have made statements blasting t