Com, last weeks shooting spree in california marked the 355th mass shooting of the year defined as four or more injured or killed. That is going to be our starting point this sunday morning. We want to hear from gun owners and don gun owners on the Second Amendment. What does it mean to you . Rights ort gun if you are a nongun owner supporting changes to gun laws 2027 488001. You can join in on the conversation at facebook. Com cspan. To remind you what the Second Amendment states a well reckoned a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A survivors life on the washington post. One who was injured in oregon and her struggles to regain a sense of normalcy. The photograph also on the front page of the washington post, the nra and its chief label here right to ad and the bear arms. You and i did not choose to be targets in the age of terror. But in essence like us will continue to be slaughtered in concert halls, sports stadiums, restaurants, and airplanes. No amount of bloodshed will ever satisfy the demons among us. Dream ofards inflicting more damage, suffering, and terror. No target is to intimate or two sacred for these monsters syria they will come to where we worship. Where we educate. They will come to where we for these monsters. They will come to where we worship. Where we educate. Americans have a power that no others share. The full throated right to defend our families and ourselves with our Second Amendment. Let them decide if mercy is offered to the demons at our door. Im from the National Rifle association of america. Hear from you,o gun owners and nongun owners on what the Second Amendment means to you. This is yesterdays front page of the New York Times. For the First Time Since 1920 they have posted an editorial on its front page called the gun epidemic. The intention and anger of americans host the editorial was first posted yesterday and is available on the website. Ae white house issued Statement Last night indicating that the president would address these issues tonight, it is Available Online, the press secretarys statement saying that the topic of the speech is to keep American People safe and it is the president s first and foremost responsibility to talk about the terror threats and gun violence along with Homeland Security issues. Floyd is joining us from jonesville, virginia, a gun owner. Good morning to you, floyd. Good morning, steve. I was calling to comment on that. Wrong thing with trying to do away with our guns. We live way out in the country. You know it takes a long time for the police to get here. By the time they get here, you know, 20 or 30 minutes, you are hurting. I think they like they ought to keep it like it is, the Second Amendment. The problem is the way people have turned away from god, thats whats causing the problem. Merica has turned from god in genesis, chapter four, eve satan. D had a baby by thats with the problem is, people dont know that, even people that go to church and taught that, but those people are still here, the offspring of cain, thats what causes this. If you need a place to learn 18006434645. They can get all the information on that that they need because it is really important that they learn about what happened back then. Phoebe, nongun owner, pennsylvania, good morning. Good morning. I think the Second Amendment doesnt apply to the weapons we have today. It applies to like muzzleloaders and things like that. Now that we have assault weapons i think they should all be banned and i think that we should stop manufacturing bullet. That way everyone can have all the guns they want but they cant kill anybody. Host thank you for the call. The daily times reporting on the president s speech tonight. Plane obama to outline plan to fight terrorism and the islamic state. The president delivering a rare primetime address tonight from the oval office outlining his administrations plans to combat terrorism and provide an update on the federal investigation into wednesdays attack that killed 14 people at a Holiday Party in california. It is being investigated as an act of terrorism. Spent San Bernardino is one of several attacks in recent years, as well as the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that appeared to involve lone wolf workers inspired by terrorist groups but acting independently. Joining is next from new york city, a nongun owner. Good morning to you, sir. Caller how are you doing . Guest fine, thank you. Caller i do support the Second Amendment was diversely. Syria has taught us that the government can be a threat to our Civil Liberties and human rights as well as, so its essential. The Second Amendment was clearly up there in the amendments just people in the last resort will be able to protect their human rights and liberties, due process rights. We have seen it with Different Countries around the world, these states, these governments dont necessarily act for the people. We have seen mass genocides. In russia we sell 100 million russians killed. We saw the german situation, we saw pol pot. ,ssentially when the government even crony capitalism when it gets together it tends to be a threat to the mast population. I think america has remained a beacon of freedom because of the Second Amendment. Or least the fact that we have that amendment. Of these incidents happening may or may not be false flags. People are looking into those conspiracy theories. I think its absolutely essential that we maintain the Second Amendment free and unfettered, other than the people defending themselves, thats of this country is based on. People have to safeguard their own freedoms and Constitutional Rights at the end of the day. Its not up to the government to do that, its the people who have to maintain their freedoms, that kind of thing. You aresed on what saying, what about these assultstyle rifles that are intended to kill 30, 40, 50 people at a time with the type of bullets in them versus pistils or rifles used for protection or for hunting . Point in the that has to be a ground, but at the same time if ms killing is going to take place it could take place with anything, you know . You cant ban hatchets because a unit that lunatic used to hatchet. The reality is we should focus on the Mental Health issues a lot more than the outright banning of guns and that kind of thing. With theout the baby bathwater in terms of getting rid of our Second Amendment rights, thats very dangerous. Especially in light of history. The last couple of hundred years around the world we have seen so many incidents where once the people give up their rights to own firearms voluntarily, mass genocides eventually take place. I preshe ate a very much. Richard rogers sent us this tweet 30,000 gun deaths per year in america, 20 thousand suicides, 10,000 homicides, about 88 or day, calling san. Ernardino a slow day a sheriff and also county says it is time to make sure that if you own a gun that you carry a gun. The latest mass shooting proctor the sheriff to make a public proclamation. He said in a statement i urge you to responsibly take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm. He posted this on his facebook page. I want to encourage citizens license to carry a firearm to phone lines are open. For gun owners also welcome our listeners on cspan radio and sirius xms potus channel. Following the shootings on thursday, this is what the president had to say. Obama we see the prevalence of these kinds of shootings in this country. I think so Many Americans sometimes feel as if theres nothing we can do about it. Anare fortunate to have extraordinary combination of Law Enforcement and intelligence and military that work every single day to keep a safe. But we cant just do these , rely on these professionals to deal with the problems of these cans of horrible killings. We all have a part to play. That as the investigation moves forward it will be important for all of us, including our legislatures, to see what we can do to make sure when individuals decide they want to do harm, we will make it harder for them to do it. Because right now its just too easy. We are going to have to search to makes as a society sure that we can take the basic , which make it harder, not impossible, but harder for these individuals to get access to weapons. Host that may came up at that may come up again tonight as he addresses the nation for the first time that second time in his presidency from the oval office. The less cynical guncontrol reflex is online at the National Review website. Edwin has this tweet the Supreme Court of the United States rulings on it, people will defend themselves, the nra pushes fear, stupid. Sharon, jacksonville, ohio, a nongun owner, what does the Second Amendment mean to you . Caller it dont mean much to me. Host why is that . Caller i dont believe in having a gun. Nobody should have a gun. They should have god instead. Im one of those car sticker people. Whats on your car . Sevres chapel,r a church. Host your point is . Nobody should have a gun, because if you have weapons, you die by the sword. You use the sword, you die by the sword. Everyone should have got behind them and it dont matter if you have a million guns, god will protect you. Us thischael is joining morning. Michael, you own a gun. How many . Michael, are you with us . Try one more time for michael. We will go on to brock, joining us from lumberton, north carolina. Good morning. Caller hey, how are you doing . Good morning. Host you are a nongun owner, correct . Caller yes, im a nongun owner, but i do support the Second Amendment. After what happened i feel we have seen too much fingerpointing between the administration and the nra. With the dont agree ad from wayne lapierre, i think its over the top and fear mongering, but on the other side the administration wants to spin the terrorist incident to gun ownership. In the end gun laws are not going to stop terrorists. Mean, its just an ideological war. To stop a is going terrorist from doing what they want to do. They will find a way. They will recap make. I just think it just comes down to common sense. Im thinking about purchasing a gun, but like the previous caller said, as soon as i buy the gun i wonder whats going to happen . The bible does say that you live by the sword, you will die by the sword. And makented to call that point. You have a great day. Host brock, lumberton, this tweet says that ground checks for all sales, no loopholes were domestic and Foreign Terrorists the nationalfrom Association Branch says that the nra is not to blame, neither is our Second Amendment freedom an act of evil unfolded in california and the president use it not as a moment to inform or con the American People, rather he exploited it to pushes guncontrol agenda. Policy discussion should be based on fact, not politics. Saying that laws did nothing to prevent these horrific crimes lets goace, nothing. Back to this weekends editorial from the front page of the New York Times. It has been almost 100 years since the New York Times posted an editorial on the front page, taking aim at the Second Amendment, saying that its not necessary to debate the ruling, no right is unreasonably away from reasonable regulation. Allen joins us from kentucky. You are a gun owner. Good morning. Caller good morning. I just wanted to say that i dont go along with that. Im a registered democrat. But host go ahead, were listening. Caller i dont go along with that. I dont like it i do like the way they talk of taking peoples guns. I dont like that, if you are not using a gun you will use Something Else. People that want to kill are going to kill. David joins us from columbia, missouri. Good morning. Caller good morning. I believe that people are missing the first half of that Second Amendment there. Its for mainly militia to and theire people surrounding areas. We have police now. We have the military now. We have organized forces now. We definitely dont need guns in our homes when we do have our. Wn Police Forces as far as the hunters, they should be registered with, you know, their states or whatever because i believe in hunting to. Theres no reason to be having all of this fight about gun ownership except for the fact that People Living in cities should have them locked up in a reasonable way. They shouldnt be necessary for selfdefense. Host this tweet host we are getting your calls and comments on what the Second Amendment means to use. Michael goodwin has his essay this morning from inside the. What will it take for obama to admit that . Is is islamic terrorism that phrase a phrase that he and george w. Bush avoided during the president these. Next, caller. The Second Amendment means i have the right to own a gun to protect myself from people just like what happened in california. We may have a police but by the time you call the police and they get to your house, you are already dead. You need a gun to protect yourself. These stupid democrats, they all have secret service and all kinds of people guarding them. I bet they have got a gun. I let granny there has a gun guarding her, dont you . So to some of the republican candidates, including donald trump and ben carson, they have secret Service Protection as well. Caller they are no different. Ive got a 38 special. And address my name to obama so that he can come and take it . Whos good going to listen him tonight . Use i going to do anything other than blame it on the American People. Once he is a ast melissa, he is not muslim. Lets get the facts out there. He is not a muslim. Why do you continue to say that . He is a muslim . Why does and he ever defend the American People, then . [spelling the word] host we will go next to gavin. Caller i heard that one, too. I dont believe that barack obama is going to come take my gun. However, i do believe that i have the right to have a gun and i do plan on having a concealed permit and every thing else because of a business. Host whats your business . Caller i own a little pub. Ofortunately we have people all different generations coming in, all different types. I love everybody. We have a great little pub. Where people who are dark skinned, lightskinned, its wonderful. Older, younger. In the middle of a melting pot where there are shootings going on constantly. You know what . We have the vigilance where we know better than that. We are not just going to go out there shooting people, we will not go out there and raise a fuss. We will sit here and stand tight. But i do believe that we should , if you canu can pass a background check, you can get a gun, have your gun. That if somethings going on you can turn around and raise the gun and take out the not have toand worry. Like that sheriff said, if you have a gun, bring a gun. Host thank you very much for the call. Last week on the senate floor the democratic leader, harry reid, had this to say. Harry reid they once called mandatory background checks reasonable. Not making this up. Now the organization has transformed into a militant wing of the republican party. They are being pushed more and into the camp of guns for everybody anytime they want them. And they are being pushed by they have a competitor now. Gun owners of america. To do thechoose bidding of the nra will be held accountable by our constituents. Their vote against the sensible measures will be a stain for all of the American People to look at and look at. Something has to be done. We must take a stand. The American People are desperately looking for help, some help, any help. It will never be possible to prevent every shooting. We know that. But we have a responsibility to try. There are certain things that we can do. Some people who are mentally deranged and criminals, should they be able to walk in and buy a gun anyplace . Of course not. From harry reid on the senate floor last week following the shooting and San Bernardino that left 17 injured, 14 killed, and the president addressing that issue. Homeland security is expected to bring up the issue of guns as well. Tonight, a primetime address on cspan radio. This tweet from karen buchanan, in response to an earlier caller pointing out for the record that Arnold Ronald reagan had Armed Secret Service and still got shot. Going back to this front page editorial from yesterday in the New York Times. Certain slightly modified weapons and certain kinds of ammunition must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It is possible to define them clearly and effectively host going back to your calls on the issue of the Second Amendment, carmen is next, a gun owner.