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 seen you re got stopgap to computerize the mental health records. so we re is what is going to happen. we ought to quit calling it right now universal check. the real title ought to be the check on law-abiding people all thoefr country. al know 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. great to have you with us tonight, r.t. i appreciate you coming in on this subject. it s so vitally important. i m thrilled you re covering
headache, diarrhea, vomiting, and increase in psa. see your doctor, and for a 30-day free trial, go to axiron.com. welcome back to the ed show. today president obama pushed for solutions to gun violence by taking his ideas for common sense measures to minneapolis, which has had huge success on the issue. this city came together. you launched a series of youth initiatives that have reduced the number of young people injured by guns by 40%. this week, then, we learned of another high profile senseless killing.
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. some real heavy stuff. but we ve see
it, ed. you bet. president obama praised the efforts of your city. how did you do it? how were you able to impact the youth violence in minneapolis? the minneapolis model for reducing gun violence was really especially about young people. we focused on at 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 common sense 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 the police and the federal officials can t share information there are laws that say mental health records can t be computer sized. chan
jobs would take a $12 billion hit. if romney doesn t cut those, he s going to have to squeeze other programs. like medicare. there are two things to remember here, my friends. first, federal money does hire teachers, cops, and firefighters. second, romney s cuts could be devastating to the people we depend on the most. let s bring in r.t. rybak, mayor of minneapolis and vice chair of the democratic national committee. may mayor, welcome to the show. good to be here. now, given all the things we just kind of helped the american public understand, how could romney be so wrong on this? first, it s pretty remarkable a guy running for president wouldn t know that the federal government actually uses resources to put cops and firefighters on the street and teachers in classrooms. that happens normally. it happened especially when the economy collapsed. stop and think about this. president walked into office when the bush economy collapsed. the president delivered a