even a misdemeanor. this is just propaganda by those who either don t like guns, who are afraid of guns, which i respect, some people don t like them. but don t stop us who love guns, who love the second amendment from being able to protect ourselves, our families, our businesses and our friends. you have to meet a higher threshold of a background check to get a concealed carry permit and to get this in essence to get an open carry permit. why shouldn t that be the standard for all gun ownership? you know, i m one who believes the second amendment guarantees everyone the right to own a gun. in fact, in the so why are we regulated anything? why is there any standard on open carry? by that standard there shouldn t be a standard on open carry, right? chuck, because it s been an evolving process. in 2000 only 30% showed people need a gun to protect themselves, now 60% believe that. it s an evolving issue. even the supreme court evolved. in 2008 in the helder decision the suprem
concealed carry, which we ve had in texas since the mid 90s, we ve virtually had zero problems. in fact, someone with a concealed carry who can now open carry in texas is 12 times less likely to commit even a misdemeanor. this is just propaganda by those who either don t like guns, who are afraid of guns, which i respect, some don t like it, but don t stop us who love the second amendment from being able to protect ourselves, our family, our businesses, and our friends. you have to go through you have to meet a higher threshold of a background check to get a concealed carry permit and to get an open carry permit. why shouldn t that be the standard for all gun ownership? you know, i m one who believes the second amendment guarantees everyone the right to own a gun. in fact so why are we regulating anything? by that standard there shouldn t be a standard on open carry, right? because it s been an evolving process in this country. in 2000 only 35% of americans
nearly $252 million. democratic congresswoman marcie camper joins us now, she serves on the house appropriations committee. good to have you this morning. thank you, it s a pleasure to be with you today. you ve heard the arguments from opponents of increasing funding for amtrak. that the country shouldn t be in the business of a nationalized train system. it s throwing good money after bad. maybe it should be privatized. your response is what? well to use the expression they re dead wrong. and our hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones. to all the injured. some of whom are still recovering from the terrible crash. and i would say i m very proud to be a member of a party that believes in passenger rail modernized the best in the world. moving toward that. and also a modernized freight rail. i come from a part of the country where it s part ever our spine. we can t get along without it. but to do that the way
look american workers are competing you re not going to resolve that. that s why the country shouldn t be involved in it. the fact is we do not have fair trade. that s what this whole thing is all about. hey, ed can i say one thing about hillary. if anybody would maybe know what was in this this deal started while she was secretary of state. everybody knows that. she probably has a lot more insight into what s in it than i do or you do. can i ask you a question ed. sure. do you really think that hillary clinton and barack obama and other democrats who are for this deal hillary is on the side, but do you think that they re in the grip of immense information that they re poorly informed, that they re not looking out for middle class people? why do you think they re for it? because i think national security they re not in the pocket barack obama is not dancing on the end of a string from the banks and the big interests. he believes this is in the interests of ame
one learns after all that life doesn t stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. let s discuss what is going on in our strategy session. once again joining us our cnn contributor, the democratic strategist hillary rosen and also gary marks the executive director of the faith and freedom coalition joining us from atlanta. can he regroup? what does he need if you were giving him damage control advice? i think general petraeus has already apologized. i feel if he felt the need to apologize to his family again and wanted to do it publicly that was a nice extra touch but he ought to stop apologizing. he served our country well. he was a great leader by so many accounts and a brave soldier and i think this is a very forgiving country particularly around things like extra marital affairs. if his wife forgives him there is no reason why the country