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without penalty. today i will put into law a gun bill that heralds self-defense, personal liberties, and public safety. public safety indeed. georgia governor nathan deal s comments as he signed the law critics call the most extreme gun bill in america. sound familiar? in fact, they sound a lot like the nra chief wayne lapierre s good guys with guns argument. that s pretty much the mantra for gun rights advocates in georgia today. the safe carry protection act goes into effect today. as we cover repeatedly on this program, we know how successful good guys with guns have been. now under georgia law, you can add alcohol to that mix. the law also allows gun owners to pack heat in some schools, churches, libraries, and government buildings. because, you know, america. goldie taylor is an msnbc contributor and jason johnson is a professor of political science
influence and numbers disrespected, simply because the democratic party believes they have nowhere else to go because the republicans treat us so poorly. they do. they can abstain and decide not to vote. reporter: and what would that mean? democrats are going to lose seats if latinos stay home, just not latino representatives, but representatives in mixed districts that have latinos in them, they are going to suffer. reporter: back in mia terra, alfredo lopez is hurt that the white house has not done more to make immigration reform a national priority, especially now that one border state has taken matters into its own hands with a new law critics say will empower police to engage in racial profiling while cracking down on illegal immigration. i think, and i hope that the laws that are being changed, for example, in arizona, it is devastating to the way this
achievement. one of the biggest criticisms of the laws that reads now there is no national test standard. here is the problem the way no child left behind works. it says all kids have to get to, quote, proficiency but lets each state define proficiency as they see fit. unfortunately, many states have defined that down. reporter: the result, students are not making the grade. the test known as the national assessment progress report card showed eighth grade math scores increased but only marginally. fourth graders made no progress at all. other tests show no change in achievement gaps. disappointing results despite the passage of no child left behind eight years ago under the bush administration. a law critics argue that forced schools to spend millions to prepare for annual tests at the expense of almost everything else. we were still struggling to pay for arts programs and special education and kids with