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the d.c. gun law case to the rest of the country, gun politics have disappeared so much in the natural conversation partly because of the retreat on democrats. i m wondering, sam, if you see any appetite on the part of democrats to sort of prosecute this in the court of public opinion. none at all. you ve seen not just with this case is the gun lobby s power in all three branches of government. the obama administration has been loath to touch this issue. the supreme court handed down this ruling. last week you had the campaign finance legislation that created a huge exemption for the nra. so yeah, the gun lobby is a massive entity in the d.c. there s no and fight tight on the hill do anything about it. ross, i want to ask about this poll out yesterday that had said 24% of americans i don t want to do too much here. you can dismiss these polls but i found this genuinely disturbing. which is that 24% of americans didn t know which country the president of the united states was born