washington-based nra could spend $100 million on ads against me. it still won t make what they say true. if they were honest with their members, they would see that my bill not only protects second amendment rights, it enhances and strengthens them. unfortunately, the nra leadership in washington has lost its way and is more concerned about political power than gun rights. and gun safety. while grieving families show the issue, the nra continues its long journey into the realm of the political fringe. nia-malika henderson is a reporter for the washington post, and ron reagan a political analyst. i want to start with ron reagan on this. it it seems to me the red line, on syria has certainly moved over to the right. it used to be if you were against guns, now if you take the gun safety position, all you want to do is make sure there s no gun show loophole. people have to do background checks. that s all the people are asking for. and that s what manchin is being pilloried for.
say true. if they were honest with their members, they would see that my bill not only protects second amendment rights, it enhances and strengthens them. unfortunately, the nra leadership in washington has lost its way and is more concerned about political power than gun rights. and gun safety. while grieving families show the issue, the nra continues its long journey into the realm of the political fringe. nia malika henderson is a reporter for the washington post, and ron reagan a political analyst. i want to start with ron reagan on this. it it seems to me the red line, on syria has certainly moved over to the right. it used to be if you were against guns, now if you take the gun safety position, all you want to do is make sure there s no gun show loophole. people have to do background checks. that s all the people are asking for. and that s what manchin is being pilloried for. for supporting background checks on something that is already in effect, but hasn t been widened enough
yeah, we forget i think sometimes that the nra used to support universal background checks. the nra now not only doesn t represent the american public, 90% of whom would like universal background checks, it doesn t even represent its own membership, 3/4 of whom would like universal background checks. the nra represents and is a lobbying group for gun dealers, period. they re about money. if they found out they could sell more guns by scrapping the second amendment all together, they would do it in an eye blink. it s not ideological, it s about money. i noticed there that the way this defense by manchin is. put together, he keeps saying the nra in washington, not the nra, drawing the distinction between the people who are members of the nra back in west virginia, which isn t so far away, as we know, but to drawing to states who are member of the nra, many of whom do support background checks. he distinguishes them from the big shots in washington who get
government of vermont. you know what it is like for kids to live under having a father in this kind of position. what is your reaction to what the nra has done here? well, first of all i think kids are always off bounds. and if they re not, the press should not be doing it. here you have an organization that is doing it. let s look at the difference between the nra members, who at least in my state are reasonable people. from the nra leadership in washington, which are hate-mongering fundraisers. they are appealing to people who hate and by using the president s rhetoric, first, about the high taxes on rich people. and then using his kids. these are not respectable people. these are hate mongering and they re extremists, and they crossed a line and a line that i would guess that 90% of americans agree has been crossed. i think they have done themselves terrible, terrible damage. there is a reason, for example, you haven t seen wayne lapierre
well, first of all i think kids are always off bounds. and if they re not, the press should not be doing it. here you have an organization that is doing it. let s look at the difference between the nra members, who at least in my state are reasonable people. from the nra leadership in washington, which are hate-mongering fundraisers. they are appealing to people who hate and by using the president s rhetoric, first, about the high taxes on rich people. and then using his kids. these are not respectable people. these are hate mongering and they re extremists, and they crossed a line and a line that i would guess that 90% of americans agree has been crossed. i think they have done themselves terrible, terrible damage. there is a reason, for example, you haven t seen wayne lapierre on the talk shows after sort of the spitting rant that he gave a couple of weeks ago. and now, the whole leadership has basically lost all of their credibility.