perpetrators of the crime were not in a position where they were defending themselves but rather they were the aggressors, like what happened with arbery, this man was simply, you know, jogging. he had gone through a house. i m a looky loo, and i look at houses in developments and on the rent market and on the sales market, et cetera, et cetera. i m constantly looking at the architecture, et cetera, et cetera. and he certainly didn t have a we weapon. he had not committed a crime. he was pursued, run down, and killed. there s only one black on this jury. and i would hope that they would not try this self-defense tactic again. we cannot continue to allow the justice system in this country to work that way. okay. let me get to voting rights. as you know, still very much on the minds of americans. hundreds of protesters were outside the white house this week, demanding the president make no more excuses for not
doing. thank you. so gun violence has been on the rise across the country. and as a recent student request young professional living in i have seen this firsthand. gun violence has taken the lives of so many young students and young people. i am tired and i want to see change that s going to make our cities, like cincinnati, safer. so, how will you address gun violence, from a federal point of view, to actually bring about change and make our local cities safer? now, i m not being a wise guy. there s no reason you should. have you seen my gun-violence legislation i have introduced? as you know, because you re so involved, actually, crime is down. gun violence and murder rates are up. guns. i m the only guy that ever got passed legislation, when i was a senator, that makes sure we eliminated assault weapons. the idea, you need a weapon that can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that we