aligning, our politics and our policy. and by you to read richard s article that was published in politico this week. richard feldman, we appreciate you continuing to engage in this conversation. which one is a former lobbyist for the nra and here s the president of the independent firearms owners association. we have much more to discuss. he s also the author of an interesting book called ricochet, confessions of a gun lobbyist. we re now days away from the much anticipated public january six hearings, the committee says that, quote, no one is above the law that the hateful brittle of the roof of the house. we got a preview next. on this week s meeting of the banned book club, legendary author jodi picoult. we re going to talk about her band book, 19 minutes, a novel that follows the unfolding in aftermath of a school shooting. school shooting
demographic attack list, white replacement a apocalypse, how can any republicans find the courage to vote for what would save their own grandkids? i have to say i ve been a fan of your work, tim, mr. wise. me, too. so it s a real treat to be on with you. i think your work is very important. i think the answer is found in part in in tim s work, right, which is how do you undo that? i mean, you have to confront what white supremacy is and its existence in american life and then you have to ask yourself why is it that we are unable to see ourselves collectively as a nation or as a group of people who have common interests, and, of course, my view is that white supremacy is at the heart of that so if you attack that you can find common interest and then you can learn that, yes, we would rather inconvenience a gun lobe, a gun lobbyist, a gun
expressed emotion and frustration. now, conservatives and critics of this administration will say that was too much of a turn on this day on this moment for this president to do, but for his supporters and for people who are looking for some change, there is this bubbling frustration that almost 10 years after sandy hook, the only real thing that has changed is we have taught our kids in elementary school how to hide and be quiet and barricade a door and that there hasn t been big change. now, whether you re going to go after the gun lobbyist as the president did today or you re going to say hardened targets, potential targets like schools or empower some kind of different change, it just hasn t happened across the board, and there is a sense that society is better than this. there have been 900 incidents since sandy hook, 27 school shootings just this year. shannon: i saw when he went after the gun lobbyists
first to and accept a law, way back in 2005. since trayvon martin s death, more than 70 states have more than of those on the books. florida is also home to the nra s, mary hammer, a woman the new yorker called, the most influential gun lobbyist in the united states. the magazine says her policies have elevated florida s gun owners to a uniquely and made the public carrying a firearms effect of daily life in the state. according to the nra, florida is the first date have over two and a half million permits. now it seems governor, ron desantis, is trying to make those permits a non-issue. he s vowing to sign a new constitutional carry law, which would make it illegal for any floridian, with or without a license, to carry a firearm. there s not that anything that constitutional about it, to be honest. it doesn t look like a gun shine state is going to lose that nickname anytime soon. what can we do to prevent another trayvon martin, or another school shooting?