It . Were going to keep that conversation going tonight to try to get answers from people on both sides of this debate. Im glad you joined us tonight. Its going to be a great conversation all around here. President barack obama answering his critics tonight. A gun executive, a sheriff, a rape survivor and a widow among them. I want to bring in Anderson Cooper who moderated that and had great questions. Anderson, im so glad that youre here. It was an emotional hour. The president tried to speak to his critics in the audience and to the nra who chose not to come. Lets listen. For the gun owners who are in attendance here. My suspicion is that you had to go through a background check. And it didnt prevent you from getting a weapon. And the notion that you should have to do that but there are a whole bunch of folks who are less responsible than you who dont have to do it doesnt make much sense. Part of the reason i welcomed this opportunity by cnn to have a good discussion and debate about
we appreciate you joining us tonight. thanks, don. i want to bring in trey bosley who lost his brother to gun violence. he got to ask the president a question tonight at the town hall. trey, when i see you i think about my own youth. i wasn t that different from you. probably not as articulate and maybe more of a goof off. but the main difference was i lived in a more forgiving environment. if i screwed up, i wasn t at risk of getting shot. so joining me now is trey bosley and his mother pamela bosley. it s good to talk to you. i haven t seen you in quite some time. it s been years ago that we have been covering this issue and trying to deal with it, right. how are you doing? that s correct. we re doing okay. yeah. trey, you asked the final question to president obama. what did you think of his