202 7488000. Five to 15 guns 202 7488001. 16 to 30 guns 202 7488002. If you own more than 30 guns 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on social media. Good thursday morning. You can start calling in now. We are talking to just gun owners in this first segment of the washington journal today. In las vegas still trying to find a motive into that shooting. The arsenal the attacker used now well known. The front page of the New York Times today with a composite image of the room in the mandalay bay resort and casino where the attacker opened fire. Includingom 23 guns ak47 and ar15 style rifles. They also found 12 bump stocks which let semiautomatic weapons fire like automatic weapons. The target of one piece of legislation introduced by senator Dianne Feinstein. Heres what she had to say. Bump stocks which cause less increase a semiautomatic rifles rate of fire from between 45 and 60 rounds per minute to between 400 and 800 rounds per minute. Thats the same rate of fire as automatic
Go . Ms. Sanchez i dont want to single her out. Her, steny hoyer, jim clyburn, all three of them . Ms. Sanchez i think its time to pass the torch to a new generation. Theyre all of the same generation. Their contributions to the congress and the caucus are substantial. But i think there comes a time when you need to pass that torch and i think its time. You can see all of our conversation with congresswoman Linda Sanchez this sunday on newsmakers at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The Senate Budget committee is scheduled to resume work on the 2018 budget at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. Swreel live coverage when they do return. Until then, part of todays washington journal. Bus today, tn is in frankfurt, the capital of the, of kentucky. This is our seventh stop on a 50 state capitals tour. Joining us on the bus with the president of the kentucky state city, robert stivers. Senator stivers, thanks for being with us. Frankfurt is one of the smallest state capitals, about 25,000 or so people. What ar
Foundation chicago is. Working with jurisdiction to my counties, millions of dollars going in to help them really look at what the practices are people sitting in a room, its incredible. It is happening. Is the think its where we need to be. Live this morning inside the Montgomery County correctional facility inside one of the Housing Units there. Mr. Green is the director for the county department of corrections and rehabilitation. Go ahead. You are on the air. My name is thomas and ii had experience from both ends of the spectrum. Im in a licensed therapist and a lot of the programs give a lot of credit. Really interested in change. But there is enough responsibility amim sorry, enough plane, responsibility, and complicity to go around. The reasons forward when the inmates, their behavior, from an, from an ethnicity standpoint blacks blame whites, whites and blacks. But there is enough responsibility for both. When it comes to the judicial system there is a factor we fail to look at.
Oh denial, unemployment, free trade, congressional dysfunction, all of these things seem to overlap. The New York Times cover this recently in july bipartisan pushed to builds to relax laws. Host do you have a thought on giving judges more discussion . Retion . Guest i do see this really strong bipartisan support in this area, this region, that we reside in, we have interest from democrats, republicans, people who want to see a change in how the system works, and the successes we are having. I see really strong support for outcomes, and not necessarily affiliations. I think that discussion provided to the judges is really an important piece of this change. , an joe in South Carolina independent with experience in the Corrections System. What is your question or comment . Caller first of all, i want to tell you how i appreciate your show, and you. Can you hear me . Host we can. Were listening. Thank you for that. Caller i was in a correctional facility back in 1980, right around there.
Couples, a supporter of tighter gun control measures, admitted her vote for the iraq war was a mistake and is an advocate for illegal immigration. 9 00 p. M. N hosting at et. Carol and nevada, go ahead. Caller good morning. , the man who told you he had been incarcerated twice. Not three times. You said three times and he said twice. Host apologies. Caller i think to improve the they need to get rid of prisons for profit. Where theyist system things to speak them stay, and make there longer. Do isr thing we need to to make the citizens more fair. They give longer sentences for a minority and whites get a slap on the hand. Host regina and oxford, north carolina, tell us your experience in the correctional facility. Caller my son has been in jail two or three times from driving without a license. There, he gets on the work program and does but the minute he gets out he cannot find a job anywhere even on the grounds crew. Then the next thing you know he is back in jail. What are they supp