this morning in which you talked about what you want to do in merging these two organizations. and part of a lot of q&a at least on the call was about the politics of it. you have a country that is nine in ten in favor of gun control, in favor of gun form is the property word. but only 28% of republicans want stricter gun laws. in a country where one party is dead set against any reforms and where that party controls the house of representatives as well as 28 state legislatures, how do you make change? look, joy, it s good to see you today, first of all. look, when you ask the american public whether they re gun owners or nra members or the public at large, 90% believe in ba background checks, and tha doesn t matter what party you belong to. from our point of view this isn t about gun crime. it s about crime control. it s about keeping people safe, it s about moms know they re going to pick up their kids at soccer practice, not the emergency room. you guys are talking about coalesc