to do based on the merits alone. right there in georgia y have talked, as you talked to the past hour, with voting rights advocates who say they cannot outorganize what they seesuppre. they did it in 2020, but the way the laws have been changed, they can t do it again. it s not about voter suppression. it s voter aversion. it calls for the state ledge laicher to take over the state voting board. it s a democratic stronghold, partisan republicans potentially taking over what had been an apolitical process. and so that really is the foundation of this current moment. there s political risk for the president and as he sees it, an existential risk for the country. that backdrop is really important that geoff is talk about. just 1 in 5 voters feel very confident in the integrity of our electoral system. that s not good.
introduce legislation to start conversations. i m happy to work with the legislature to figure out how to make an assault-weapons ban work. we need commonsense gun safety legislation. i support the second amendment, i know how to shoot, i know how to hunt, but i believe our responsibility is to make certain that the most vulnerable in our society do not face those who are irresponsible with their weapons. ar-15s are not necessary on our streets. semiautomatic weapons have to be put under a certain level of responsible control. and i believe as the next governor of georgia y can work with democrats and republicans to come up with commonsense gun safety legislation that will allow us to make our families and communities safer. just to be clear, you re one of six co-sponsors of this bill introduced january 11th, 2016. not that long ago. your co-sponsor told reporters, quote, the law would require gun owners of these particular models to turn their guns in. and again, my point is this.