are you an unlawful user connected to marijuana? are you subject to a court restraining order? no, have you been convicted of any court of any misdemeanor for domestic violence. no. okay, appreciate it. thank you. five minutes and 36 seconds, that is how long mark kelley spent in that arizona gun store waiting for his background check so he could bring home a new gun and show it to his wife, former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. two years ago today after the mass shooting in tucson, gabby giffords and mark kelley announced that they were forming a new organization. a nonprofit and a superpac called americans for responsible solutions. founded on the principle that it is okay to use guns and support gun rights while also changing policy to try to combat the
that are support i of the 2nd amendment. the focus is on passing what the president wants to sign is a strong bipartisan bill with enforceable background checks but it requires the republicans to not filibuster this and it requires 60 votes. when the president gave the state of the union with the newtown families in the audience they all got up to applaud. but when the families are not there they try to make it hard harder. as the president said, licks is the only reason it doesn t get done. chris: again, on the assault weapons ban, harry reid says it doesn t have 40 votes so even if you didn t have a filibuster it still wouldn t pass the senate because it raises the question, why didn t the president go harder at democrats from red states, states with a lot people who support gun rights and try to persuade them to get on
are supporting. completely con sis stint with supporting the first second amendment. what the president wants to sign is strong enforceable bill with background checks it has 90% support. it can get done. what it is going to require is that the republican not filibuster require 60 votes when the president gave the state of the union with all the newtown families in the audience. they all applauded. if the cameras are off and newtown families aren t there, as the president said politics is the only reason this stuff won t get done. chris: again, on the assault weapons ban, which is is part of the president s program, harry reid says it doesn t have 40 slots. even if you didn t have filibuster, it still wouldn t pass the senatedon t e democrat. which raises the question why didn t the president go harder at democrats from red states, states with a lot of people who support gun rights and try to
that are support i of the 2nd amendment. the focus is on passing what the president wants to sign is a strong bipartisan bill with enforceable background checks but it requires the republicans to not filibuster this and it requires 60 votes. when the president gave the state of the union with the newtown families in the audience they all got up to applaud. but when the families are not there they try to make it hard harder. as the president said, licks is the only reason it doesn t get done. chris: again, on the assault weapons ban, harry reid says it doesn t have 40 votes so even if you didn t have a filibuster it still wouldn t pass the senate because it raises the question, why didn t the president go harder at democrats from red states, states with a lot people who support gun rights and try to persuade them to get on
else, too. there s cult rattly something else with this, as with abortion on the anti-abortion side. this is an issue where one side actually votes on the issue. where one side has long memories and where one side has a very intense focus on this issue. i think that those who most people who say they favor gun control, that for them is just, it s part of a smorgabord of issues. there are not single-issue voters. people who support gun rights. i would like to add to that. a point to what karen said. somebody might be in favor of gun control. so they ll show up on the majority side of that. but they re going to make assumptions about politicians who back gun control. the kind of person who likes gun control, oh, they must be also support x, y, and z, in other words, they re a liberal and i m not a liberal, therefore i m not voting for this person. so i think politicians have to look at more than an individual polls, they have to look at how this issue resonates in terms of their broa