strikes fear into the heart of both republicans and even democrats, that they would essentially give what i would call obeisance to what could be called a fringe group in texas because essentially the nra is saying, yeah. we re onboard with people showing up armed to the quiznos? yeah. it is quite an interesting position they re in, between a rock and a hard place in some sense because they ve really staked their claim on very hard core positions of gun rights and rejection of gun regulation and all that so it s difficult for them to publicly criticize anything having to do with more expansive gun rights even when it s these folks in texas going out and doing these really provocative things that are alarming and frightening people and causing all kinds of back lash, you know, we ve now seen seven corporate food and beverage chains reject this whole heartedly, you know, in large part due to the pressure from moms demand action which you were talking about a bit earlier. some of the re
complete obeisance from nearly every politician in the state for every single one of these bills going back to when jeb bush signed stand your ground, she and her team have basically justified the warning shot bill using the marissa alexander case even though it s not clear at all i called a couple attorneys before i came on tonight, spoke with one, it isn t clear thblgd even be used by marissa alexander at her retrial, but her case is used to inspire it. chen of course the prosecutor in that case who also prosecuted george zimmerman is opposed to it. at every release of a trigger there is another reason for the nra to try and expand gun ownership. yep. the irony here is that the murder rate in stand your ground states, according to texas a&m, they did a decade-long study, it increases by an additional 8%. that means an additional 600 homicides every year for stand your ground. and i feel like, you know, joy, short of blaming the actual law, it absolutely creates a culture
if you go back and look at it, i thought what he did was completely benign. of course you should ask a murderous dictator. that s the job. that s the job. if you want is a culture of obeisance from the media, you re going to be sour a lot of the time. but look, they re making decisions. look at the guy we had on at the top of the show. that s trump s choice for senator from virginia. i m glad you brought him up. do you think people understand do you think they know that they re bigots or do you think they re not? because i don t think that guy knows how big a bigot he is. i think they know 100%. ill tell you why, i don t think its natural. you and i grew up in places that were different but had a lot of similar ethic dynamics. and my feeling has always been sometimes hate comes out of ignorance, true. but most of the time people know what they own in their heart. this guy knows what he cottoned to. he knows what he s trying to distance himself from, and s why wouldn t answ