passed by lawmakers who are beholden to them. that s changed the landscape of v gun use in this country. the fact the gunman was 18 years old and legally buy a long gun in the state of new york, i think is egregious. wii we re seeing the gun lobby to lower the age to buy a handgun. we know in this country that about 18% of all gun had hads are committed by mostly men ages 18 to 22. there are only 4% of population. there s an issue. i will also go back to what scott said about the red flag law which i know both he and i support fully. red flag laws are only as useful as the way that they are implemented. we do need the make sure that when a law is passed that police and citizens know that it s available. nay know,00 how to use it. it s my understanding that this white supissupremacists was not adjudicated mentally ill.
nearly half of all the privately owned guns in the world. that s not even counting so called ghost guns. scott, why does the u.s. need all these guns? it s been engrained in our american culture since the founding, the creation of the insti constitution. i was thinking about this issue. you have people who commit the crimes. you have the guns involved and policies that govern the people and the guns. one of the things i ve been most curious about is why the state s existing law, the policies in place didn t stop the person from having a gun. new york has red flag law. he spent time in a mental health facility. he had been flagged because he expressed violent thoughts. wanted to murder someone and commit suicide. this was a case taylor made when
scott, i want to start with you on the heels of that op-ed. as a member of the gop, i ll let you respopds. do you think more guns means more safety? i think there are people in the united states who believe they need a give up for their own personal safety. it s one of the most commonly given reasons when you do surveys of gun owners and fit s for personal safety. whether you want to talk about the micro or individual right to own guns versus the macro statistics is part of this discussion. as a republican, as a
way to do sanctions against re russia to come up with something bipartisan in the congress and then you have folks like marjorie taylor greene who wants to go to war with ukraine to protect his son and himself. you have tucker carlson raising questions on fox. why should we be on the side of ukraine over russia to which a republican congressman replied because ukraine is a democracy. you have this kind of turmoil inside of the republican party and there s no sort of one foreign policy voice, which is strong and anti-russian which is the way it always used to be. scott, help us understand this. why are so many republicans seeming to side with russia over the fledgling democracy over
inartfully explained something but we re talking about where alliances are. where your loyalty lies. you heard the republican candidates, some of the house members, tucker carlson. you heard what s so wrong of letting vladmir putin do what he wants with ukraine. how do you explain that that? i don t know, how the explai it. i don t agree with it. i still think the predominant view among the republican party is democracies are a force of good for the world. if you re out there siding with vladmir putin, you ought to sleep on it, wake up with a new attitude. that s my opinion. gloria, jump in on this. i hope you re right. i hope scott is right. his former boss, mitch mcconnell seems to be optimistic that something can be done on sanctions in a bipartisan way in the congress. two years ago just two years ago