control. it is a common theory on our time at our place at the most civilized country in the history of the world or are we? i m tom brokaw. commentary from our friend tom brokaw who was on the ground in littleton, colorado, after the columbine shooting 23 years ago. coming up next, how one group is taking a unique approach to curb gun use among teenagers. we ll be right back. we ll be right back. less oral. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don t stop steroids less told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue.
what should that tell us? you know, remington is already in bankruptcy, so for them this settlement agreement, it will be interesting to see the details and how it plays forward. i think the question you re asking is whether this impacts other gunmakers and the landscape of gun use in general as well. at the time the federal law was passed in 2005, the nra said it was one of their centerpiece legislations or legislative accomplishments. they have been extremely interested in getting this sort of broad immunity for gun sellers because 2002 there would be a lot of risk to them around their business. the question we walk away from the settlement with is whether this is a leading edge of trend, whether this theory of negligent entrust cement something that other victims in other shootings will be able to use against gun manufacturers and how that may impact gun sales in this country. we re also at a time right now when the nra isn t quite as
practices. this isn t about stopping gun manufacturers. it is about creating safer business practices and safer and more responsible gun use. to your point, nicole, a lot of analysts are looking at this and saying, this is a watershed moment that is reverberating and the headquarters of every kind manufacture in the country. how significant do you believe it will be in the gun debate? it does this, and some way, get people to approach the gun debate differently? i think this gives us a lot of opportunity to educate people about marketing. not everyone is familiar with the way the gun industry markets its products because they think that they are immune. they think they are completely untouchable, therefore, they are above any moral ethics when it comes to their marketing campaigns. so, there is a big education campaign to do there. i don t think, i don t want to debate about guns. i want to argue for and be a discussion on gun safety. i think better marketing
in their beverly hills home a few days ago. according to the examiner hours after she died gascon sent out a fundraising email seeking money to push through a bill removing extra prison time for using a gun during a crime. eric, this is insane. and very dangerous. look, the fundraising letter after an 81-year-old woman is murdered in her home was feckless and reckless. i heard the sheriff called him tone deaf for this and it s a kind way of putting it. to try to reduce at a time when gun violence is at an all-time high, the last thing you want to do is remove the deterrent which is higher sentences for gun use. that s exactly what he has been doing. it is consistent with his
we saw last week and what we continue to see. but this is clearly a party that believes that despite the mass shootings, despite the real spike in crime, a lot of that crime involves gun use, that their political plus continues to be, not just second amendment, but not supporting banning the assault weapons, ability for people to have that and other really, really loose gun measures because they believe that that is what their supporters want, and in a lot of cases they re wrong. him not apologizing for this, that is just in keeping with today s politics. dana bash, mia love, thank you very much. coming up, the alarming new ride in covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths here in the united states. will new restrictions and more