Testified. This hearing is just under four hours. [no audio] we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief message and believed and captain kelly, thank you for your help in bringing your wife here. Ms. Giffords ok. Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for democrats and republicans. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem.
I think i am speaking for a lot of people when we say we are heartbroken when a Family Member is taken through an act of gun violence, whether it be a child or anyone else, but particularly children. That is a heartbreaking episode in society. I think most people would appreciate the fact that there are thousands, if not millions of americans, that save their families from home invasions or violent assault because they had a gun to protect themselves. Most of us are glad it ended well for you. Those are the two bookends. You mentioned, captain kelly, and i appreciate you being here, appreciate your comments about you and your wife being reasonable people. I do not doubt that one bit. The question is, am i an unreasonable american if i oppose this bill . Am i an unreasonable american to believe the constitution says guns commonly used by the population for legitimate purposes . I do not want to own a gun to attack my government. That is not what i think a legitimate purpose is. Lets tal
Student, and she marched in the inaugural parade last week. I can point to one gun store, one store in illinois that account for more than 20 of the crimes in chicago. Straw purchasers buy the gun there and they end up in the hands of criminals in the city of chicago. We have to put an end to this im going to ask a question to the panelists. Mr. Lapierre, i ran into some of your members in illinois and they tell me, you cannot get the Second Amendment. It is not just about hunting. It is not just about sports. It is not just about shooting targets. It is not just about defending ourselves from criminals, as ms. Trotter testified. We need the ability to protect ourselves from our governments. From our government, from the police, if they knock on our doors and we need to fight back. Do you agree with that point of view . If you look at what our Founding Fathers put that there, they had lived under the tyranny of king george and wanted to make sure these three people in this new country
Various deadlines. New polls are showing president obamas job approval is continuing to slide. We are posing questions to democrats, are you concerned that the Affordable Care act and the issues will hurt the party in the 2014 and 2016 election . That is the question we pose to democrats. We want to hear from you. The phone lines are open. Democrats in the eastern and Central United states can call in at 2025853880. If you are in the mountain or pacific part of the United States, 2025853881. You can also catch us on your favorite social media pages, twitter, facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. A good saturday morning to you. We want to begin with this headline from the wall street journal closed quote the wall street journal the Lessons Learned from that accordingone of them, to the wall street journal we are posing our question to democrats this morning, asking if you are concerned about this early start to the Affordable Care act, whether it is going to hurt the party in 201
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