so there s been a convergence of the nra and trump. i got to say, i don t know how kanye west will play with the nra. i think killer mike is probably more than rapper du jour, but i do think he just instinctively knows where the red meat is. it s also the only thing he can say. he hits those familiar talking points. the election. it s been what, 560-how many days since the election, so he s always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they don t need to hear anything about trigger locks or anything in depth about gun policy. they know he stands with them, and he s fine with that. mike is making an interesting point there. in the old days, the nra was sort of understood as there were democrats, and there still are, but there were a lot more democrats, i think, who sought that nra seal, and republicans, and really, yes, it was trump s speech, but this could have been any group that trump was speaking in front of today, a republican base group. that s absolutely right,
say. he hits those familiar talking points. the election. it s been what, 560-how many days since the election, so he s always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they don t need to hear anything about trigger locks or anything in depth about gun policy. they know he stands with them, and he s fine with that. mike is making an interesting point there. in the old days, the nra was sort of understood as there were democrats, and there still are, but there were a lot more democrats, i think, who sought that nra seal, and republicans, and really, yes, it was trump s speech, but this could have been any group that trump was speaking in front of today, a republican base group. that s absolutely right, steve. it used to be that the membership of the nra was bipartisan and, you know, unified ideologically by guns, but that s not really the case anymore. certainly some members of the nra are democrats, but at the
he hits those familiar talking points. the election. it s been what, 560-how many days since the election, so he s always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they don t need to hear anything about trigger locks or anything in depth about gun policy. they know he stands with them, and he s fine with that. mike is making an interesting point there. in the old days, the nra was sort of understood as there were democrats, and there still are, but there were a lot more democrats, i think, who sought that nra seal, and republicans, and really, yes, it was trump s speech, but this could have been any group that trump was speaking in front of today, a republican base group. that s absolutely right, steve. it used to be that the membership of the nra was bipartisan and, you know, unified ideologically by guns, but that s not really the case anymore. certainly some members of the nra are democrats, but at the leadership level, at the events you go to when you go to the
does it make sense to have people running around with guns visible, and i think the answer is absolutely not. reporter: a different approach in california. it s now illegal there for holders of concealed carry permits to bring hand guns on to school campuses. the city of albany, new york, requires owners of firearms to store their guns in a secure container or install trigger locks. locks of a different kind in illinois on some prescription pain killers. it s the first state to test whether having locking pill bottles can cut down on those drugs containing hydrocodone. it won t stop all fatalities but it will reduce accidental overdose, kids getting addicted to something. reporter: tennessee launches the first statewide registry of animal abusers. they hope to encourage more humane conduct and keep animals out of the hands of known abusers. leaving pets in extreme heat or
can tell you they re among the best anywhere. and this is a horrible tragedy. i actually was the author of the assault weapons ban in 1999, so i know it well. and you re right, since then we ve built on what we did during my speakership, not just assault weapons ban but a saturday night special bill to ban saturday night specials, also one gun a month, trigger locks and the like. so, we had the toughest gun laws in the country. we ve built on that since then. but when you don t have a national registry or universal background checks in the country, when you have straw purchasers that can buy guns in gun fairs, and you know, outside of the state, you have a lot of issues, a lot of loopholes, if you will that need to be filled. one of the loopholes allows for, as pointed out by the associated press that the two