bill: let s debate that now with mary katherine ham editor at large. and juan williams. good morning to both of you. m. k. hammer is, lapierre correct or not. i think this was completely disconnected as to what would happen when such laws were passed. i don t think the president made an argument of how it would help. a national assault weapons ban did not prevent columbine or newtown unfortunately. and we ve seen in chicago where he s going to be talking about gun violence, ironically that the tightest gun controls in the nation have not helped with the murder rate there. actually fixing gun violence is a lot harder than having this vote, which by the way harry reid can bring if he wants to. i think he s nervous about doing that. bill: he s expressed his nervousness to a degree a couple of weeks ago. juan, is lapierre correct when he says keeping kid safe was not