think the nra kind of poked at him in a statement saying this is what they have been talking about for seven years, but it is a step that no one else has taken so far. >> all right, tremaine lee, who has covered and written about this subject with that very same passion and we are also joined by jim cavanaugh, former special agent with the atf and a long-time contributor with us. jim, i wanted to talk to you today as a gun owner, as a gun expert, as a long-time veteran of law enforcement, and because the atf came up in the president's remarks, his proposal to add 200 agents. a couple of questions here. what is the state currently of your old organization, the atf, and what did you make of the president's remarks given the fact that we live in this parallel society? >> well, brian, the president's heart's in the right place and everybody in that room's heart's