the murder of the innocents at sandy hook would make a difference. look, i think there s no question about it. laws could make a difference. i think that what ted cruz is talking about, you know, recycling these tired discredited talking points, you know, hardening the schools. let s harden the synagogues and the churches and the walmarts and the grocery stores. let s turn america into alcatraz. let s turn us into sparta, because that seems to be their vision. but unfortunately, you re going to continue to have these bad faith arguments because, in fact, we have this toxic culture that has fed into and been fed by the gun lobby. that s not going to change, i don t think. the gun lobby, nick, is what i just want to ask you about real quick because i want to get on to the broader democratic crisis because charlie s been talking about that at the bulwark but one of your many specialties and expertises relates to money in politics so there are people who talk about the nra being in crisi
when there s a school shooting, everybody shows up and pretends that they care about kidsca k and then they vanish. we all know there will be more m kids than this shotor or killed in big cities all weekend long.m coming up, unfortunately over memorial day weekend and the vast majority of them m will never be talked about. their killers won t be found and we won t even pretend that we are evenn focused on trying to bring justice for those families either.ge, this is a national outrage. joe biden has no answer for it n and the numbers continue to skyrocket. alluminue sky over the country.y and that s why people keep t buying guns, by the way,o because they feel like they have to protect themselves. jim , why the deafening silence eight years joe biden as vice president and all these kidss are dyingal in chicago. and then before we even know the death last night when in god s name will we stand up toto the gun lobby when in god s name, where in god s name is k our backbone? youno know ho
the action the president took today begins to rein in those ghost guns and will lead to greater safety and security in our communities. you all in pennsylvania tried to get something done legislatively a few years ago. gun control or gun safety advocate, what are you up against? i ve been pushing the republican led legislature to take some action. it s common sense to just simply say we re going to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. these ghost guns don t require a background check. i ve asked them to close the ghost gun looploophole. they refused. i used legal guidance to regulate these as firearms. the deadly firearms that they are. i was promptly sued by the gun
very, very simply save lives. and we need to meet that kind of thing happened. unfortunately, as we ve seen right now, the way that our government is working, we re just not going to see it happen. yeah, the stabbing destruction, whataboutism is just bizarre and ridiculous. but you re right, this is an international embarrassment. but as you al-sissi, the gun lobby keeps winning. let s see if we can turn things around going forward. appreciate your activism on this subject. appreciate you coming on the show to talk to me tonight. cameron kasky, thank you so much. up next. susan collins assured us that brett kavanaugh would not overturn roe v. wade. that he would honor president. that he wouldn t undo abortion rights if he got to say on the supreme court. what s the republican senator from maine say now, when it looks like brett kavanaugh might do just that? more after the break. sea, heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach.
bigger crime. i saw it, i was there. they know what works and they don t care. joe biden on his solution for the current crime wave and liberal cities across america. check this out. the toughest it was, the highest rate of gun product. dan: the gun lobby did it? cities run by liberals aren t cities with the highest crime really? believe click on lobby believe the fbi. the top cities for violent crime in the country run by. that s right. liberals. it was ronald reagan the convention in 1983. check this out. you pointed out that police are so busy arresting handgun owners wou be unable to protect the people against criminals. nasty truth but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by