morning. the nazis bought guns. reporter: it s a hot topic in the wake of the tucson shootings. plant says many of his callers feel the second amendment, the right to bear arms, could now be under renewed attack from the left. but a number of callers put the debate on another plane. of course the left wants to take away high capacity magazines because that is the only way that the peasants, or the general public, can protect themselves against a tyrannical government. they don t even understand the intent of the constitution which was to allow citizens to form a militia in case the government gets out of control. reporter: how intense has the rhetoric been in the conservative media about gun control recently? second amendment rights have always been a hot button for conservative radio talk show hosts who are in the business of hitting hot buttons. and their listeners, many of them, feel very strongly about guns because they feel like it s their protection against a tyrannic
steve mazberg. both radio talk show hosts. the claims in this memo are so astonishing to me. basically the folks that work on the front lines are saying all these things about their boss, they are saying that senior leadership takes more time campaigning for immigration reforms, and that ice is so overwhelmed by massive criminal alien asian problems in the united states that they simply can t do their jobs. people they do take into custody seek out an ice officer if they want to be let go. they say buddy, can you help me out and they get helped out according to this report. rob, what say you? first of all let s take into consideration the source. of course they are upset. they should very well be upset. they ve been mandated to do something they don t have the funds to do. yes they are on the front lines to battle immigration reform but they also have many, many other things on their plates.
wing radio talk show hosts were talking about there will be reparations for slavery if you elect this man president. all sorts of possibilities of reverse racism. don t try to apply for a job in the federal government if there s a black president. these same radio talk show hosts wanted them to vote for a black candidate for president. they presumably want republicans to vote for republicans this fall. much of this talk is designed to work electorally, isn t it? absolutely. it s designed against barack obama, the first african-american president. it s designed to weaken him, his political position, and that of his port. the thing is, lawrence, it s not ineffective. if you look at there s one particular numberรง in the poll
during the obama presidential campaign when right wing radio talk show hosts were talking about there will be reparations for slavery if you elect this man president they were ginning up their audiences about all sorts of possibilities for reverse racism and don t you try to apply for a job in the federal government if there s a black president. these same radio talk show hosts wanted people to vote for the republican candidate for president. which they will presumably want again in 2012. they presumably want voters to vote for republicans this fall. much of this talk is designed to work electorally against democrats, isn t it? absolutely. the focal point is barack obama, the first african-american president. it s designed to weaken him, to weaken his political position and that of his party. the thing is, lawrence, it s not ineffective. if you look at there s one
we work to make sure that the gulf is made whole once again, that the standard i m going to be applying is whether or not those individuals i met with their family members, those communities that are vulnerable, whether they are uppermost in the minds of all concerned. that s who we are doing this work for. all right? thank you very much, everybody. shannon: you just heard from the president talking about the deal he worked out with bp. he mentioned a $20 billion escrow account. he talked that this is not just dollars and cents. he talked to real people down in the gulf. this is going to be their year to turn around. he wants to make sure they are taken care of. to talk about it joining us now mike gallagher and mark levine. they are radio talk show hosts.