one that will determine whether republicans or democrats take control of the house in january 2023. i m curious, what are the views of your constituents on universal background checks and the possibility of banning weapons designed for war, the so-called assault style weapons? what are those numbers? so across our district we see varied support. you characterized our district as a swing district. it was long a republican only voting district until i won in 2018. across the district i hear from people who identify as republicans, identify as independents, identify as democrats supporting universal background checks, supporting red flag laws, supporting common sense measures, including limits on magazine capacity, changing and raising the age limit for assault style weapons purchases, a full production stoppage for assault style weapons is something that doesn t have as
should do it fast and not traditional end of june where they release blockbuster decision. mike: firearms case out of new york state, robert, what are your expectations? the question is whether the state really has the ability to regulate these issues. whether or not heller is governing and supercede state law. let s remember that the second amendment says well regulated should be necessary for the security of the state. shall not be infringed part at the state but have the right to determine what individualized state laws exist with regard to the ability to keep firearm, the grip on them, the stock size, the ammo, magazine capacity, those sorts of things. it s interesting to see whether or not that s upheld or supercede or simply say the heller decision is governing on all states giving everybody the same constitutional right those that s you see in southern states like georgia, texas, et cetera. mike: mark, what are your
mass shootings. we have seen the ar-15 used in almost 90% of the mass killiing that we have seen in the united states. and that s because it is easy to use, it does have, in most cases, a high capacity magazine, and it s you know, it s a weapon that can be transported very easily. to comment on one other thing, though, i d say, if you re saying you re buying a weapon like this for vermin killing, i m going to question, first of all, your common sense as well as your choice of weapons for that kind of hunting. these are excuses made by those who want an m-16 excuse me, an ar-15. i m not opposed to owning these kinds of weapons. i am very in favor of responsible gun ownership, common sense weapon regulations, regulation, or registration of weapons, we do that for our cars. red flag laws. the limits on magazine capacity. and the banning of ghost guns.
transported very easily. to kmcomment on one other thing if you re buying a weapon like this for varmint killing, i ll question first of all your common sense as well as your choice of weapons for that kind of hunt. these are excuses made by those who want an m-16, excuse me, ar-15. i m not opposed to owning these kinds of weapons. i am very in favor of responsible gun ownership, common sense weapon regulations, regulation, or registration of weapons, we do that for our cars, red flag laws, the limits on magazine capacity and banning of ghost guns. those are the kind of arguments i believe our representatives in congress should be taking of. senator thune in south dakota saying his constituents wanted ar-15 for varmint hunting, his exact words. one of several who has done
killers. what are we doing to make schools and churches and malls safer. what about the weapons and characteristics of the weapons, does self-defense really include unlimited magazine capacity? what about the shooters? are there similarities along mass killers? we know they are males, what about age, background, family structure. are there warning signs? there are large categories of people who cannot lawfully possess any firearm, does that group need to be, panned expanded, are those laws being enforced? what law in existence, if enforced, would prevent mass killings? what idea not currently las