are squarely on the side of some gun control measures. 85% support background checks for private and gun show sales. 80% support preventing people with mental illness for buying guns. 67% support a federal data base to track gun sales. that s new poll today. so i mean, it seems like the public is certainly with you. well, not only is the public with us. we re going to do the right thing. this is the same crew that were saying they would never see taxes go up. we don t need every member in a republican party. we need 218 votes in the house for a reasonable package. and, you know, you have to watch for people to do, not just what they say. in the u.s. capitol, you can t walk in here with a grun. you can t walk in here with an assault weapon. over in the supreme court which says you have this unlimited right to have a gun, you can t walk in there with a gun. why should people walk sbhinto schools or movie theaters?
that congress should provide for the american public. we know that guns can be dangerous in the wrong hands. that s why we have all of the rules and regulations and the security protections here. and we need to make sure that in our day care centers and our communities, we provide a better safety environment for our kirn. now, rooiyan, it seems like e republ lip cans, and i noticed the congressman said we don t need them all, some republicans do sound like they are more open to possible gun legislation more than some of the far right. listen to this. should we look at improving our background check system? i m willing to listen to what proposals come forward on that is this. there are some problems. and maybe these huge magazines even for someone who says, look, i just use an ar-15 for target
and bear arms from day one of the country s founding, perhaps slavery might not have been a chapter in our history. now, first of all, larry, you do realize martin luther king was killed by a gun. and that he preached all of his life against the use of any weapons and preached turn the other cheek. so you do realize what you said was a total anti-thesis of dr. king. of course, i do. i know quite a bit. so why did you say you think he would support you? not only do i standby my statement that martin luther king gbut also the entire civil rights movement. we have the winchester rifle should be at a place of honor in every black home. no, wait a minute. we re talking about martin luther king weekend. you said that he would be supportive. you just admitted that you know he was against violence. he preached turn the other chick.
cheek. he was killed by. he also went for a gun permit and was turned down and he also said that he s glad he was and that he never would carry a gun again and refused to carry a pistol. finish the story. sure. sure. well, here s what i believe. i believe that dr. king fought for equal tunt. and we look at cities like chicago and new york that have a majority of minorities. and those cities, themselves, do not grant the same access, the same equal opportunity that perhaps somebody in texas would have to defend themselves. but dr. king was gensz violence. do you understand how despicable it would be to members of his family that saw their father killed by gunfire to say that you are in some way continuing his legacy by doing gun appreciation day when he preached against that and died from a bullet wound?
what are they supposed to do on gun appreciation day? shoot guns? buy ammo? the sandyhook tragedy affected every american in different ways. but we need to move forward together to keep a tragedy like this from happening again. joining me now is larry ward, chairman of gun appreciation day campaign. thavn thanks for coming on the show tonight. thanks for having me, reverend. so often in this debate, it seems like gun control advocates don t talk to one another. i m looking forward to our conversation. me, too. i want to read something you said about why we need gun appreciation day. you said, we decided that the politicians have forgotten out americans feel about their guns and it s time to remind them. how have politicians forgotten how people feel about their guns, larry? well, you know, there s a lot of talk about gun control. you know, we this gun appreciation day, just so we re