denied that he intended to deprive responsible americans of their weapons. he told moderator anderson cooper that republican claims to the contrary are part of a plot to deceive voters. is it fair to call it a conspiracy? yeah, a lot of people believe this deeply. that they don t they don t trust you. i m sorry, cooper. yes, it is fair to call it a conspiracy. what are you saying? [ applause ] are you suggesting that the notion that we are creating a plot to take everybody s guns away so that we can impose marshal law not everybody is a conspiracy? yes, that is a conspiracy. i would hope that you would agree with that. [ applause ] is that controversial? and delia michael spoke with cnn s commentator, jeffrey lord. he asked his response to president obama s guns in america town hall meeting. take a listen. there s a pretty wide gulf