children and their two teachers who were slaughtered inside their schools. the first lady reaching out to the images of the innocent, smiling. fourth graders who were murdered. the president caressing the face of one child s photo. just 12 days ago, mr. and mrs. biden were in buffalo, new york, to honor the 12 people murdered in a wasteless attack on a supermarket. yesterday, vice president horizon attended a gruesome funeral and across the country this weekend, there was an explosion of more gun violence. we need change! president biden accompanied by the republican governor of texas also faced frustration from people demanding gun reforms. one man explains why he was heckling. at a certain point in time it s going to be on us. because we vote these people in to represent us. they re not representing us. it s heart breaking. because things leak this happen. something needs to be done. we need change. we need help and my biggest fear is nothing is going to change. in si
assault-style rifles was in effect, mass shooting deaths fell on the decade of the ban and the decade following expiration. this is according to journal of trauma and acute care surgery. i see what you are saying, richard, there is not the political landscape right now for that to happen. let me just quickly go to you for final thoughts here, jonathan. when i hear governor abbott and others say, well, these laws wouldn t have prevented these shootings, right? that the gunman in uvalde was able to legally obtain, he passed a background check. he was able to legally obtain the gun. i guess my question is, so does that mean we shouldn t have any laws in the books that can cut down on violence? this is sort of this argument about all or nothing. well, since it won t eliminate all of it, then we maybe shouldn t do it. but you are former law enforcement? laws can help. even if it doesn t eliminate the problem. right? those homicide laws on the book. we see homicide.
association and jonathan a former secret service agency. great to see you both. richard, i want to start with you before we dell everyone into the nitty-gritty of your thoughts how to reduce this. the nra, members with their guns saying this is what freedom looks like. they posted this as 19 parents are getting ready to bury their children. families of these two teachers. what do you say to those people who say, well, what about the freedom to go to school? or go to church? or go to the grocery store without being shot? what do you say? i say the nra is a political organization and the answer doesn t lie in politics. the answer lies in good policy.
we know what works on this. it includes let s have an assault weapons ban. in fact, more americans say they support tighter gun laws. 87% support restrictions for mental illness. 81% for background checks on private gun sales. 66% are in favor of a federal database to track sales, and ski% ban an assault-style weapon. there must be some gun laws to be passed. here s a way to prevent mass shootings from the group every town for gun safety. prohibit people with dangerous histories from having guns. background checks prohibit rifles and high capacity magazines. so let s bring in our guest, richard felman, a former nra lobbyist now president of the independent firearms owners
i have anxiety. i talked about that it doesn t mean i will do anything, be violentlet at all. the majority of people with mental health issues do not go out and commit acts of violence. i think that s an important point. i m glad you jumped into handle that. kamala harris came out over the weekend in buff la saying it should be reinstated as you well know. it was in the 90s. why not ban them again, richard? what do you say to kamala harris, the vice president? oh, i say she is looking for a simple solution and if shevillifies america s gun owners, nothing useful is going to happen. and we can do things and we can move the needle, but not if we re going to take the approach that getting rid of a certain class of gun is going to solve the problem. because it just isn t going to happen. okay. i do want to note, though, that when the federal ban on