approach. and despite political pressure from her own party, she refused to seek the death penalty for the killing of a police officer sticking to her core belief. i m humbled to be chosen to be the next state attorney general of california. but she would defend the death penalty as california s first black woman attorney general. still personally opposed, but upholding state law coming under fire from activists. i know declare you spouses for life. reporter: when the supreme court allowed marriage equality to stand in california, she officiated the first legal same sex may sex marriages in 2013. all part of her pledge to be a progressive prosecutor. it s a false choice to suggest that one is either in favor of the second amendment or in favor of reasonable gun safety rules. we can be both.
i do carry a concealed weapon, and there is a firearm in my house, and we do speak about that. reporter: does he know where the firearm is? he does not. it s locked up. reporter: the other boy is vinnie. he s 14. he s an exceptional kid and student. he s very athletic, he s very much a leader. reporter: they don t have guns in their house, but vinnie has gone hunting with a friend. the dad gave him a lot of lessons and what not to do, what to do. reporter: in terms of gun safety, you feel le he s prepared. i don t know. i mean, i think he thinks he would be smart enough not to do anything. reporter: not to touch it. not to touch it, not to aim it at somebody. reporter: if your sons pick up the gun, what would you be feeling? i would feel like i let him down with my gun safety rules in the house. i would be a little sad, i think, that he would have little fear, and i would want him to have more seriousness about it. reporter: okay, i think you re both very
sure that the message we have is received effectively and results in winning elections. this is something i ve been wrestling with throughout my presidency. when you look at the proposals i put forward, they garner majority support. the majority believes in raising the minimum wage. the majority believes in common sense gun safety rules. the majority believes in investing to rebuild our infrastructure and create jobs. the majority believes in making sure that people aren t going bankrupt when they get sick. the majority agrees with all the individual components of obama care. i think there was a gallup poll this week subsequent to the election that showed that the general public has a more favorable view of democrats than republicans.
that. a lot of people, like george w. bush, will never say those words. yeah, well, maybe that s family loyalty. i don t know what that is. maybe it s stupidity. whatever it is. let me ask you about this tough i know you re a progressive and you follow all these issues, this is not going in the weeds, this is important stuff. the brady bill. it seems that bernie sanders is not a supporter, like most of us, of gun safety rules. he holds back on it. he says because of his more conservative rural state. what do you make of that? i think that s a clear difference. he talks about how, if we re angry, we re not going to get anywhere. i don t quite get it, because he s entry about a lot of things, but i think that hillary has come forward, very clearly. she represents the vast majority of people in saying we need those universal background checks. we need safety features on guns, and she said yesterday, by the way, that clip was so exciting for me to re-live what happened yesterday
each particular situation with that clear set of eyes that she has. but i will say, i didn t agree with her on the iraq war. i was one of 23, that s it, in the senate who didn t agree with her. and she has since said those magic words, i was wrong, and i give her tremendous credit for that. a lot of people, like george w. bush, will never say those words. yeah, well, maybe that s family loyalty. i don t know what that is. maybe it s stupidity. whatever it is. let me ask you about this tough i know you re a progressive and you follow all these issues, this is not going in the weeds, this is important stuff. the brady bill. it seems that bernie sanders is not a supporter, like most of us, of gun safety rules. he holds back on it. he says because of his more conservative rural state. what do you make of that? i think that s a clear difference. he talks about how, if we re angry, we re not going to get anywhere. i don t quite get it, because he s entry about a lot of things, bu