Console and carry permit. This morning, we want to hear from you this morning, if youve bought several weapons, if youve considered it and decided against buying a gun. Tell us about your experience. Were dividing our phone lines a bit differently this morning. If you dont own a gun, call 2027488000. Guns, own less than five it is 8001. Less than 20, 8002. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter, email us journal cspan. Org. Surging gun sales in this country. The New York Times in the wake of shootings, a latest call to arms shows a jump in weapons suns. Amid gun control talk. Americans stock up on weapons after california shooting. Wesson gun sales surge. Eres a story from a local paper from the Herald Tribune local gun dealers are trying to cope with the massive need for ammunition, accessories. There are two reasons, the attacks and the president s speech in which he control laws. Most customers want a. R. 15 carbines, fullsized hand guns and silencers. Overdrew, nagle said. Weve usually got more. Chris wickhoff said his seeking a. R. S and pistols. Quote, everything is selling like crazy, he said. This is the first time ive nearly sold out of resolvers. What started the rush and happened in california added to it. We want to hear your stories this morning. Tell us about your experience buying a gun, your decision you made in coming to buying a gun use guns for. Tell us about it. First from florida, for those of who you dont own a gun. Good morning. Caller the reason i dont own gun is because i have an autistic grandchild. That is the only reason. I think Everybody Needs to have can afford, as they as big and as many as they can and carry them all the time. I think every american should have guns and be carrying them, otherwise theyll be killed by come into thisis country and the government wont protect you. Killing all the jews, its crazy, Everybody Needs to get as many guns as they can. Host all right. Edna in florida. Five and that own less, sammy, youre on the washington journal. Caller i have approximately three guns. You go to mcdonalds and a child happy meal or a Something Like that, they can be sued. Think that the gun manufacturers should be responsible for anybody thats a victim of a crime. They should pay for the funeral. They should pay for any medical type things, the manufacturers bullets that prove that theyre a hazard to the community. The n. R. A. Should pay for the funerals and expenses. Host what do you use your guns for . Caller i keep it for Home Protection only. Use it other to than target practice. Ive been in the navy for 20 tors, and i never really had use the gun in the navy, other than qualifying for marksmanship. Host how easy is it to get a kinkingston, North Carolina. Prevalent in our community. We have a lot of young people. were losing you there, sammy. Sorry about that. Well go to bob whos waiting in jacksonville, texas. Who own ine for those 20 or more guns. Bob, good morning. Washington he journal. Caller good morning. Call. You for taking my host go ahead, bob. Caller oh, okay. Im not motivated by these other things, i guess because i do own quite a few guns. I have almost 50 but, you know, theyre collector guns. I used to hunt but i dont even hunt anymore. Home protection off ve got a sawed doublebarrel shotgun and i dont believe theres a man alive that can get past that, vest, hes wearing a its going to get his face. Im not too worried about Home Protection. And i dontany need own one either. I dont see any need at all for Assault Rifle. Theyre no good for hunting, you know, ill take my shot gun any day. Host with reports about gun surges, bob, around the country, do you think people are buying fear . T of caller i dont think theyre really stopping and thinking about it, you know. This concealed carry thing, you concealed carry license, but i dont carry my side arm. Ive got a. 357 that i bought 25 30, but i probably, or dont carry it unless im in through an w, going area or traveling where i think i really might need it. But every day, no, i dont carry my side arm. Foolish, but know, i dont understand why, you know, the so paranoid otten about this, myself. Or paranoid about guns about terrorism . Paranoid about what, bob . Both, you know, i mean, if you you know, i for you should have a gun Home Protection, sure. So sure about ot terrorism thing. If youre in an area where it, maybe so, but personally, i live kind of town and im not too concerned about it. For the call from jacksonville, texas. On our Facebook Page this overng, over 100 comments, 200 comments at this point. Tom blackford writes in the and the nonstop selfrighteous crusade to demonize law abiding gun owners and the 2nd amendment, that is what is making me think about getting my first gun, he writes, to annoy liberals. No, l writes below that why would shootings make me want to buy a gun. He amendment that says we have a right to bare arms should be null and void. Destroy them. Unstable to carry guns. Even the most mild mannered person could lose it and use one. So get rid of the problem and destroy all guns and not sell them to the public. Have you been motivated by recent shootings to buy a gun. Our phone lines are a little bit different this morning in our first segment of the washington journal. If you dont own, its 2027488000. Less than two, its 8001. 80002. 20, its own more than 20, its 2027488003. Heres some of whats coming out of the white house in terms of executive control. He white house is finalizing a new executive action that would expand background checks on purchases, according to one of the president s top aide senior advisors, the president has a ed his team to send him completed plan in short order, according to the Associated Press reports. Considering rtedly a proposal that would close a legal loop hole where gun shows prevent existing background check provisions. We want to hear your stories this morning in our first 45 minutes. James is up next from dunkirk maryland on the line for those who dont own a gun. Good morning, james. Caller thank you very much. Theres angry white m men, who believe its all obamas fault. They dont have the kind of jobs they used to have. Theyre just angry at everything, and blame it on obama, they just want to protect themselves from this man, you know, making the country, you privileged and are clueless and also, you know, if of them killed in the black community, downed by guns illegally. Host talk about your experience. What has been your experience in you considered owning a gun in the wake of whats happened recently. Caller i trust in my community and the police. Theres nothing i can do. If you live in unsafe fine, orhoods, maybe you know, to me, i believe and i trust and this is me in the police to protect me so i dont really need it. Because if you have it then you want to use it or you find every mean, to want to go i go for it to get somebody or something. Believe me, if you notice, all black lings done in the community or are done so by angry white folks that go to gun shows, sell them real cheap, and thats why they find themselves in the black community. Host already, james in maryland. Well go to michael on gadzen, line for those who own less than five guns. Michael, good morning. Youre on the washington journal. Caller how are you doing this morning. Michael. Ood, go ahead. Caller yeah, i own one gun. Years ago, i got a you or, you know, now, and im in the process of getting my gun back. Its a hunting rifle, and thats it hunting. For i never really cared for hand a short use i got temper, and i dont trust myself ith one, but i think they should be, you know, some , you know,checks and all these people talking about obama and stuff. Hes the president of the United States. Have a little respect for the man. I mean, theyre so disrespectful. Ive never seen so much president ofward a the United States. Whether you like him or not, man. Ct the ut, yeah, i think they ought to i havent bought one in alabama and i dont even care if obama does background checks. You might know more than i do. Ost thanks for the call from gadsden, alabama. Steve is waiting in charlotte, North Carolina on the line for those who own five to 20 guns. Good morning. Caller good morning. How you doing . Host im good, steve. Go ahead. Caller yes, sir. And of the nting generation that wont go stomp around the woods unless weve shot gunhing pole or a or Something Like that. Prepared, actually, iraq, before we went into because things didnt look good. Luckily, the country didnt blow up, so i did buy one sem semiAssault Rifle type, sks. But the rest of them are for pistols for Home Protection, so its one thing, i grew up in memphis during the era, and so some of its just Home Protection, because there was a lot that was you know, the shot gun behind the door is something you wanted to have. Say you uld you ever bought one of those guns out of fear then . Was it a reaction . Caller you could definite well, you know, duckandcoverthe generation where we thought social order was going to completely break down, i did buy one assaulttype rifle. Its called an sks. Precursor to the a. K. I canteally cheap, and you ve i have them now but could get Something Like that into 200 before we went iraq. After that, ive never seen the kind of gun hysteria that weve had in the last 20 years. Host thanks for the call from charlotte, North Carolina. President bout the with some of the executive actions that could be in the works when it comes to gun control. Of ourse, on the other side this debate, leading the other n. R. A. This debate, the has been very vocal in some of he response to the president s proposal and what the president is considering. That came. R. A. Ad out recently featuring wayne n. R. A. President talking about guns in this country. You and i didnt choose to be care, but the age of innocents like us will continue in concert tered halls, sports stadiums, restaurants and airplanes. No amount of bloodshed will ever satisfy the demons among us. Dream of rds inflicting more damage, more terror. G, more no target is too intimate or too sacred for these monsters. They will come to where we worship, where we educate, and where we live. But when evil knocks on our no , americans have a power other people on the planet share. Fullthroated right to defend our families and ourselves with our Second Amendment. Lets face this guy, as mercy is offered to the demons at our door. Im the National Rifle im iation of america, and freedoms safest place. Usa and yesterday in today, theres a column by senior chief petty officer james hatch, the good by with the gun myth is what hatch writes about. Someites in his piece in cases, can a good guy with a gun and save e a threat lives, absolutely, but it doesnt happen very often. Its perpetuated myth sent out by people who have never been shot at. I value the Second Amendment and the right of responsible americans to own guns for self efense but people need to know it is a fallacy to believe that the everyday gun owner can be expected to make all the right choices in a dangerous fastmoving situation, like in a mass shooting with highpowered weapons. When the bullets are flying, he writes, determining whos who in is hard. Thats senior chief petty officer james hatch, founder of spikes canine fund and a member of veterans are responsible solutions. His piece appeared in usa today if you want to read the full column. Waiting in oretta clinton, arkansas on the line for those who own less than five guns. Thanks for waiting. Caller hello. Host sorry about that, go ahead. Caller and i am a 78yearold 79. An, soon to be ive owned a gun all my life. And they knewkids and respected guns all their lives. If i had problems and i needed the law, it would take one 35 to 5 minutes to get to where i live and my neighbors. I use it for snakes and things like this. Gun or we all need a two. Host and in clinton, arkansas, gun . Sy is it to get a are there background checks required there . Have you ever had a problem getting a gun . Caller yes, you have to have background checks, and they good, do check you out and all those places where you get them, at walmart, and one shop that sells guns, and they ks really good background chec here. Host thanks oh, go ahead. I thought you were done. Aller and theyve been checking on our people for if you want to buy a gun, you good reputation. Host thanks for the call from clinton, arkansas this morning. Npr had a recent story from last week that looked at gun laws by states. One of our callers from alabama licensewas asking about or permits being required to purchase or own a gun. Here, the dark t brown are a license or permit d for all firearms. The lighter brown, the states permitquire a license or just for hand guns. You can also see waiting periods states that e require waiting periods, again, for all firearms and hand guns, assault weapons or just handguns only and background checks is the chart below that. You can go through the npr story. Its online. December 9th under the headlines, heres where gun your state. N back to mike, bloomington, illinois on the line for those guns. Wn 20 or more mike, good morning. Caller good morning. How are you doing . Good, mike. Caller fine foggy morning here in central, illinois. Host tell us about you. Have you bought one recently . Caller the last firearm i purchased was a glock, thats been not a year ago. Hello . Host have you ever purchased a of responseear, out to a specific situation, mike . Purchased an i years ago. Ple of i guess call it part of the stimulus. Earm was talking about, you know, i dont know, i think the best to g democrats could do reduce the number of guns on the talking just to quit about it, because every time you open their mouth, you can almost well, you can look at the spike in background checks. Kind of a silly thing. Personal e for protection, i have some that i just like the history behind. I think my big thing is if any of these things that were being proposed after a shooting would have actually stopped the shooting in particular, then i sense behind that. But they are you still there . Host yeah, listening, mike. Caller well, i mean, to take San Bernardino thing, that was already illegal because it was a small purchase from what were hearing. Somebody else bought these two rms for these perpetrators and as to whether they could have bought one probably because, you know, there was no system, andwith the the system works pretty good. A ad an issue with bipolar with my daughter. Ago been about nine years now. I was arrested but not charged for domestic battery, and, you e a , when i went to purchas firearm a year later, there was a delay in that until it was out, okay, he was not violating anything. So there is a system in place that i think, you know, whats there does what its supposed to do. But i would just ask people to look at any of these shootings and look at whats being shoot, like e required background checks, that that oregon, i think, shooter. They already had that. Solutionnow, give me a that actually addresses a particular shooting and i might, ou know, i could probably get behind that. But thats why they just run to the same usual suspects, and im just never going to suspect that. Host mike, you mentioned San Bernardino. Heres the latest report of what point. W at this this is from the Washington Post. One of the attackers who san d 14 people in bernardino last week received the Assault Rifles used in the friend to avoid arousing suspicion by purchasing law himself, according to a enforcement official by the focused n post. They on a neighbor. Used by ed the rifles farook and his wife, tashfeen people and illed 14 injured 22 others. The New York Times also focusing on this story noting marquez talked of sleeper cells before the rampage, is the headline in the New York Times front page lead story this morning. Ack to the phones, marilyn is waiting in ohio for those who dont own a gun. Good morning. Caller good morning. I dont have a gun. I have owned a gun. I see no problem with owning a gun for your home, but these me, ult rifles, they scare and i have different scenarios. In ahappens when everybody dark movie house is packing a kill nd these people who people, they dont have no ntentions of coming out alive a gun ybody else having isnt going to deter them. Shooter in is a there and everybody gets to shooting in the dark, they dont perpetrator is. Youve got a Good Samaritan shooting other Good Samaritans dont know who to really strike, and its going to make it more difficult for the police. How is the police supposed to show up at the movie house, at the mall, and everybodys packing a gun . How are they supposed to know who the perpetrator is . Nd who is going to send their child to a movie house or to the mall knowing that everybody is packing a gun . Host marilyn, you mentioned your concern about assault weapons. You may want to stick around for washington ent on journal. Jim kessler will be joining us. He was a key staffer back in 1994 when the 1994 assault weapons ban was passed. Were going to talk about the history and Political Climate of our country back in 1994 and how he assault weapons ban has continued to impact this debate through today. So stick around for that. 7 45. S coming up at go to shawn in West Palm Beach florida on the line for those who own five to 20 guns. Good morning. You. how are host im good. What kind of guns do you own . Aller my wife and i would own, i would think, four or five semiautomatic hand guns. We own two Assault Rifles and shot guns. Host is it mostly for protection . Caller yeah, were shooting enthusiasts as well so, you People Choose to spend their leisure time doing different things. Going down to the range. I have one hunting rifle. Now not