today, for example, we woke up to news of a big move by cerberus. cerberus, of course, is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to hell. cerberus is also the name of a $20 billion private equity firm that has made a ton of profit from owning something called the freedom group. the freedom group in recent years has been buying up many of the nation s gun companies. they have created a giant conglomerate gun company by buying individual gunmakers and sticking them all together as freedom group. yesterday afternoon former new york governor eliot spitzer suggested it might be time for major investors in cerberus to pressure the company to get out of the gun business. last night one very large investor, the california teachers pension fund did start to make a move in that direction. they said they were reviewing their investment in cerberus capital in light of friday s school shooting. that was late yesterday.
but when things get specific, we can understand why this country has so much difficulty arriving at common sense gun safety. connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapon ban that bans 35 different weapons. the weapon used was not an assault weapon, therefore it wasn t banned. the definition of assault weapons has been gamed by the gun lobby in the service of the gunmakers, no doubt. if the bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds per clip doesn t qualify as an assault weapon, the term assault weapon in my opinion is absolutely meaningless. i wanted to get some answers from congressman kingston. so i had an opportunity to visit with him earlier today. congressman, good to have you on the ed show tonight. i appreciate your time. well, thank you, ed. sad times. we re having quite a debate in this country about gun control, obviously. and there is questions of bans
cerberus. cerberus, of course, is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to hell. cerberus is also the name of a $20 billion private equity firm that has made a ton of profit from owning something called the freedom group. the freedom group in recent years has been buying up many of the nation s gun companies. they have created a giant conglomerate gun company by buying individual gunmakers and sticking them all together as freedom group. yesterday afternoon former new york governor eliot spitzer suggested it might be time for major investors in cerberus to pressure the company to get out of the gun business. last night one very large investor, the california teachers pension fund did start to make a move in that direction. they said they were reviewing their investment in cerberus capital in light of friday s school shooting. that was late yesterday. and then at 1:00 a.m., at 1:00 a.m. eastern, cerberus announced it will be selling the freedom group, that big gun company it spe
three-headed dog that guards the entrance to hell. cerberus is also the name of a $20 billion private equity firm that has made a ton of profit from owning something called the freedom group. the freedom group in recent years has been buying up many of the nation s gun companies. they have created a giant conglomerate gun company by buying individual gunmakers and sticking them all together as freedom group. yesterday afternoon former new york governor eliot spitzer suggested it might be time for major investors in cerberus to pressure the company to get out of the gun business. last night one very large investor, the california teachers pension fund did start to make a move in that direction. they said they were reviewing their investment in cerberus capital in light of friday s school shooting. that was late yesterday.
the nra gave kingston an a rating for his voting record today this staunch advocate opened the door for change. we see a huge problem like this, and it s a problem that is happening in other countries as well. we look for something that, okay, what can prevent it? and i think that s where we need to go with this discussion is, yes, put gun control, more gun control on the table. on the surface, the comments are very encouraging. but when things get specific, we can understand why this country has so much difficulty arriving at common sense gun safety. connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapon ban that bans 35 different weapons. the weapon used was not an assault weapon, therefore it wasn t banned. the definition of assault weapons has been gamed by the gun lobby in the service of the gunmakers, no doubt. if the bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds per clip doesn t qualify