whether the regulations on them should be lifted. some gun control groups say that silencers not only make it confusing for victims but also for police who respond to shootings to make it harder for them to find where the gunman is firing from. but the police do say they were able to figure out that it was on the second floor and begin to engage the shooter and that started this protracted gun battle. they also say he had some other weapons at home and they found a rifle on the scene. but it is not clear whether the rifle played any role in this. he did apparently buy these firearms just within the past several weeks. and that may indicate that he had been planning this for the past several weeks. and it would appear based on some of the tactics that he may have had training. pete, i do want to have you pick up on a couple ever a couple of things. so those magazines and the muzzle are legal. the magazines are legal. there are restrictions in some states but not virginia. the supp
bidding of the left on social issues they could get a pass on everything else. freeze wages, destroy the environment. strangle free speech. limit privacy. in general they could make the public life much worse all the while they could get richer than any class of people in human history and nobody would say anything. so that s exactly what they did. and they are still doing it. sales force is a major tech company that sales software mostly to businesses. today sales force announced it won t work with customers that sell semiautomatic firearms or magazines gun control groups too many rounds. citigroup would allow stores to use credit card supervisors. that s where we are today. it s not hard to imagine what it might be like tomorrow. what if for example corporate america decided to punish gun owners in addition to gun sellers? you have a firearm at home can you no longer buy car insurance. you can t use facebook. you kant open a checking account. you can t have a credit card. you can t s
violation of his free speech rights. the trump administration finally agreed. in issuing the restraining order last month the judge wrote the proliferation of these firearms will be many of the negative impacts on the state level. the issue has sparked protests by gun control groups. the fact is 3d guns are very expensive to make and unreliable at best. the cheapest 3d printer is $5,000. most guns would shoot once before breaking apart and the shooter would be in the most danger. the hearing today is looking down the road when technology will get better and making 3d guns could become widespread. eric: thanks so much. sandra: we re following the breaking news out of iowa in just a few moments where the body of college student mollie tibbetts has been found dead. more details as police prepare to hold a news conference. plus president trump honoring
group. he didn t say he spoke to the department of justice or the state department. he s not speaking to any other gun control groups, but the president took to twitter to say i have reached out to the nra. so those of you who have chanlted over and over, drain the swamp, walk us through why you would go to the industry group. why would you contact the largest lobbying group ever, the nra, on what to do about the ghost gun. as of last week, one of the organization s videos called 3-d guns freedom and innovation. tom costello has more on the guns and why the president should be checking with his own state department rather than the nra. this morning, growing pushback against a new type of firearm that some people can actually build in their own home. eight attorneys general now asking a judge to block a texas company from publishing the downloadable instructions for 3-d printers to manufacture guns.
igor, let me ask you quickly before we go to his comments what about the mid-term elections and how much are democrats counting on the gun control to be part of that conversation? well, people are more animated about this issue than i have ever seen. so we will have to see. but it does feel like a different moment in 2018 than others we have seen after mass shootings. dana: and larry, is that something that the republicans are seeing, too, on their side, they will have to defend? well, i think you just look at the increase in the n.r.a. membership. over 500,000 new members since the incident in parkland and they are out raising the gun control groups. i m going to cut you out there. it s divisive issue. dana: i ll cut you off to go to president trump in front of a favorable crowd there giving him a standing ovation and a lot of cheers before he gives significant remarks today, we are expecting. here is the president of the united states. president trump: we love you. we l