Tia Mitchell, Washington Correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Juanita Toliver, Democratic Strategist and MSNBC Political Analyst joined American Voices with guest host Julián Castro. They discuss the path forward for gun reform as thousands gathered across the country for March For Our Lives rallies.
national political reporter sahil kapur, anna palmer of punch bowl news and juanita toliver, msnbc political analyst. juanita, i want to stay on that for a while. we hear from people like dr. guerrero about the damage done to kids and then some republicans are claiming that these assault weapons are necessary, so i want to play what the argument is on the other side. it is something that a lot of people for purposes of going out, target shooting, in my state, they use them to shoot prairie dogs and other types of varmints. in you re colorado, an ar-15 is a gun of choice for killing raccoons before they get to our chickens. it is a gun of choice for killing a fox. why does someone need an ar-15? if you talk to the people that own it, killing ferel pigs, they wonder why would you take it away from them?
on their own, that is one thing. but anything short of that would be truly concerning move to by any party involved. juanita, anna, sahil, thank you very much. while the debate drags on, uvalde families continue to bury their dead. as we speak, funeral services are under way for 10-year-old third grader annabell rodriguez. her 9-year-old cousin was also killed in the shooting. morgan chesky is in uvalde, for us. hard to fathom how agonizing these weeks have been. and how agonizing they will continue to be for that community. reporter: that s absolutely right. you have the shock of what took place two weeks ago, and with the burials beginning, you this whole other sense of loss that hits you yet again. that s what people in this community are seeing, when you see one funeral procession after the other going down the main streets, the hearses hitting hard every time you see them.
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forks of the maga cult wing of the party. he has a rabid republican takes him out or trump keeps him in place. either way, mccarthy is walking a tight rope as he vies to become house speaker. joining me now is rick wilson, former republican strategists and co-founder of the lincoln project and democratic strategists juanita toliver and michael beschloss. we got lots more. is this in your view a sign that within the caucus there are those who simply want to throw kevin mccarthy out of the way or something else? there is no question, joy. there are a half a dozen as