What is being made here is for many part of the American Dream but for others its an increasingly frequent nightmare. Underneath the girl all those parks in the trigger. Cars group they all have to Work Together to give me the final product but really what were after is a finished. Weapon. Well. We are part of the n. R. A. The people that are fighting for your rights weve become part of those groups we like to be to a system in the fight for rights here. Every sense of the memberships and then they go to lobbyists and they try to get the pro gun bills through or try to stop the anti weapon bills good. Its got to pick your colors if you dont quite know what you want we can help you get it exactly what you want for where youre headed we just had one that looks like a snake snakes. Joy everybody is looking out for you in washington so the other is the doing that for. 911 what is your emergency they. Dont. Have anybody any. Amount of thought every hour in the paramedic what are you going t
Theyre not great for hunting. It what it really is purpose is to kill the maximum amount of things in the smallest amount of time. The biggest donor to the n. R. A. Is the arms industry itself various Companies Make direct financial contributions confident that their investments will bring their own kind of dividends. Connecticut based group makes no secret of the fact that it diverts 2. 00 to the n. R. A. From every weapon totaling 4000000. 00 over a period of 2 years just one of countless examples that explain why the lobby group boasts an annual budget of a quarter of a 1000000000. 00 money that ultimately translates into a handsome payback for the arms trade. The obvious reason manufacturers would give to the n. R. A. Is because the inner n. R. A. Drive sales i mean every time there was a shooting. People would buy more guns because they thought this is the one where theyre going to start taking away our guns and theyre going to start making it harder to buy guns. And sounding that
Association is attempting to coordinate the recall of a state legislator who is being punished as he goes for passing gun restriction legislation in his state. Democrat john morse spent 7 years as a state senator in colorado shortly after his appointment as president of the senate in 2013 he successfully proposed new legislation to restrict the sale of assault weapons the n. R. A. Retaliated by launching an initiative to force morse and other legislators out of office via a recall vote. In december of that same 2012 newtown happened and we had. Nearly 2 dozen People Killed there most of them 6 and 7 year old children so our sessions. In january and i knew that we needed to do something about gun violence in colorado since much of that violence that occurred here in colorado so by that time the n. R. A. Had gin up support for its position and so one of the days when we heard these bills in the senate they surrounded the capitol with about 20 cars that just drove around the block from ab
On the rise here in berlin and officials announce new curfews and restrictions on gatherings. Also on the program a legendary guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer. He cofounded a van halen which became a one of the worlds a top selling bands with Eddie Van Halen it considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin here in berlin where belarus is exiled Opposition Leader has been holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel scotland and chicken is calling for european help to force new elections in belarus followed. A disputed poll in august since then and the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and the violence a government crackdown now to cannot scale once germany to take a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for us from atlanta to. She has High Expectations of angle
Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l