limit the size of ammunition magazines. there s a bill to try to get around the federally imposed immunity for gunmakers so they cannot be sued for the way their products are used. nobody seems to believe that all of these bills are going to pass, but nobody seems to believe that none of these bills are going to pass either. they have been in session, they have been debating this stuff in colorado today. they ve been fighting it out for ten hours today and still counting. they plan, i hear, to stay until they vote on the last of the seven bills however long that takes. this is happening right this second. the fight in colorado has already seen charges filed against one angry opponent of the reforms for allegedly threatening one of the state representatives who sponsored some of the legislation. she s a representative who already lost a son to gun violence. the man being charged in this case allegedly threatened to kill both her and her daughter who he named in racially explicit message
veronica, my first call snowfall graphics i ll bring that later. bill, we could never hate you. i didn t say hate, i said didn t like. coming up a nurse refusing to perform cpr on a patient. gunmakers posting big profits. plus, what s ahead for businesses on this first monday of march. we re back in 3. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice.
and arm themselves and who profits from that? it s the gunmakers. who profits from illegal gun sales to people who shouldn t have guns? the gunmakers. who profits from guns that get bought up by fly by night dealer on the border and are shipped to mexico to arm the drug insurgency there? it s the gunmakers. whose interest is the nra representing? the gunmakers. it s just not that complicated. julian, is it not that complicated? it s really not that complicated and it s been pointed out ad nauseam at this point. you would have to be the worst hunter since elmer fudd to believe that you need an assault weapon for hunting purposes. assault weapons, military-style weapons are for one purpose, and their purpose is to kill lots of human beings within a matter of seconds. as i say, if you take that out of the equation here, you are not solving the problem that occurred in newtown. you are not solving the problem that occurred in aurora or
giffords and kelly are pleading on behalf of common sense here. this is why gun safety opponents like the nra s wayne lapierre need to create multiple straw men instead of talking about the facts. the gun lobby will do anything to keep all guns free from restrictions. fewer restrictions means more sales, which means more money for gunmakers and manufacturers and guys like wayne lapierre. if you try to do this universal background check, which sounds whatever, it ends up being a universal federal nightmare imposed upon law abiding people all over this country. criminals will ignore it. so what is the point of the whole thing? this is lapierre s newest argument. a universal background check won t do anything, he says. but more than 40% of gun sales escape background checks thanks to gun shows and internet sales. senator chuck schumer explained the reality. why should someone going to a gun show have a different rule?
americans are counting on you. thank you. it remains to be seen if congress will show the same kind of courage gabby giffords displayed today. her husband, captain mark kelly, also testified. kelly s message, demanding change is not the same as taking away people s guns. we take that right very seriously, and we would never, ever give it up, just like gabby would never relinquish her gun, and i would never relinquish mine. but rights demand responsibility. giffords and kelly are pleading on behalf of common sense here. this is why gun safety opponents like the nra s wayne lapierre need to create multiple straw men instead of talking about the facts. the gun lobby will do anything to keep all guns free from restrictions. fewer restrictions means more sales, which means more money for gunmakers and manufacturers and guys like wayne lapierre.