are. let me ask you about the specifics because we were talking about wayne lapierre s statement which he released yesterday. one of the things he said, no on universal background checks. i m wondering what you feel the mood on the hill is right now and whether you think something like that is going to get passed? i think there s a good chance the background checks will get passed. i think even the staunchest gun supporters are looking for something they can support. because even if my state, the louisville paper published a statewide poll, 75% of the people in kentucky support universal background checks and 65% want guns registered by the state, which astounded me. so the everybody, every senator and congressman and woman knows that the public is for some action. i think the background check is the easiest thing to accept. is the real problem when you
mental health requirements in the new new york state law. sadly, what i think is missing is what would help. that s what 85% of the american people support is having an armed teacher or principal to be able to stop a school shooting. even gallup looked at this last month and said more americans favored that approach than gun restrictions. i think there s a big misreading of the political wings, and just like in 1994 with the congress, in 2000 with the presidency, i think there should be a real wake-up call politically, a real backlash happening here. i ve talked to gun owners, gun supporters, people like tom ridge, former elected officials, former in the cabinet, and they argue that the assault weapons have no that there s no reason for these weapons and these magazines. you can t hunt with them, they could be controlled in target
gun-supporting state, we ve got a big gun show in february, the annual gun show, the people who manage that gun show are not going to display assault weapons. all sort of people have come out against that, gun supporters, big debate going on in the keystone state. and you also have some real questions being asked by the mental health community about the new york state law. leading physicians saying how do you diagnose people accurately when this law in new york state says anyone who would injure him or himself or another person should be reported. how do you define that? doesn t this create a lot of am big u ambiguity? it does. red states have been decreasing regulation, blue states, like new york, have been increasing regulation. in states where there are a high
what if, when adam lanza started shooting his way into sandy hook elementary school last friday he had been confronted by qualified we armed security? will you at least admit it is possible that 26 little kids, the 26 innocent lives might have been spared that day? gregg: he made similar arguments after the virginia tech miser that killed 32 people. survivors and relatives of the victims of another recent mass shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado, called on lawmakers to take steps to prevent gun violence. the most ardent gun supporters have always recognized it is about keeping the guns out of dangerous people. if you respect law-abiding
senator joe manchin is a staunch gun rights advocate, said the shooting may be the tipping point. i don t know anyone in the sporting on hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don t know anybody that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting. but texas governor rick perry is taking the opposite view. he says he s fine with arming teachers if that s the way to keep students safe. concerns about new gun laws possibly go into effect are leading to a surge in firearms sales. many stores, including this one in indiana, are reporting a significant increase in the sale of semiautomatic weapons, including the ar-15, which was used in friday s newtown tragedy. many gun supporters are adamant that assault style rifles should not be outlawed. if you read the federalist papers, our forefathers wanted to protect the same type of guns that our military had. they were concerned about