faces in the congress of the united states. democratic faces. this is why we must elect not only president truman but also men like mayor hubert humphrey of minneapolis, the democratic for senator from minnesota. mayor humphrey, 37, is one of the ablest men in public life. mayor humphrey is fighting for all the principles advocated by president truman. for adequate low cost housing forget, civil rights, for prices people can afford to pay, and for a labor movement free of the taft-hartley law. when he released that tape in 1984 tip o neill said, i ran on the democratic ticket in 1948. i have not changed. reagan has. my next guest is going to be my cousin kirk o donnell s daughter, holly o donnell. if kirk were still with us, he would be so proud of the work holly s doing now. you should stick around to see this. that s coming up. my grandson s got this blankie that gets filthy.
it s a fraud to call universal. it s never going to be universal. the criminals aren t going to comply with it. they could care less. you re not going to computerize you ve already seen you re not going to computerize the mental health records. so here s what s going to happen. we ought to quit calling it right now universal checks. the real title ought to be the check on law-abiding people all over this country. lapierre fully supported background checks in 1999. let s talk what is reasonable and what is not. we think it s reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. no loopholes anywhere for anyone. the solutions for these tragedies aren t always simple, but it doesn t mean we should be giving up. joining me now is r.t. rybak, mayor of minneapolis. the president great to have you with us tonight, r.t. i appreciate your time for coming in on this subject. it s so vitally important. i m thrilled you re covering it, e
youth gun violence in minneapolis? well, the minneapolis model for reducing gun violence was really especially about young people. we focused on got the whole community together, 32-point plan that was really tied to surrounding young people with trusted adults and intervening at the first sign of at-risk behavior. and we worked the plan and worked the plan and worked the plan. 40% decrease in juvenile crime is a huge impact. but one of the reasons the president was here was to say that was good work. but one of the reasons we wanted him here was to say it s not enough. we need commonsense laws because i ve been at too many homicides with a mom and a kid who is dead and trying to explain where did that gun come from. and there are laws that say the police and the federal officials can t share information, there are laws that say mental health records can t be computerized. change those laws. fix that, and help us bring a little more peace to the streets. where are we right now? i
be talking about the crises facing our country. and two often the beltway media follows power, doesn t raise the tough questions that people in a democracy deserve to hear. we need to learn more about what is going on with the gun debate. and by the way, the president going to minneapolis, i think is very important. because he needs to get outside of d.c. and press his message, as he did in las vegas with immigration, as he did today in minneapolis. a city which has seen a drop of youth gun violence by 41%. and those optics of law enforcement behind him. he knows he needs to know what he didn t do effectively as much post-2008. get out of the beltway. that s where he is most effective, there is no question about that. but here we are on the verge of trying to get something done. and the media is focusing on the president skeet shooting instead of the president talking about universal background checks and will harry reid actually bring the assault weapons ban to the floor.
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