because if you re talking about solutions you re talking about politics and then you re politicizing this tragedy. if it s a terrorist attack, we have to jump on it and come up with some plan, but the gun policy debate is a zero sum so there s never any gray area and no one can be an nra member and a second amendment rights protector and supporter who actually thinks we might need to make some tweaks in any loopholes for any kind of background checks or anything. you have to be on one side or another. what we have seen on twitter, after the last two mass shootings is unbelievable because people say i m fed up with the response about thoughts and prayers, which means i just want to see a policy discussion about what we can do to save the lives and the gun supporters push back and say that you re unsupporting prayer. it really seems like it s
to 1861. joining us from washington is colin goddard, the assistant director of federal legislation at the brady campaign. colin, what a weekend, just when you thought maybe some ounce of sanity might be airlifted into the nra s annual convention, you have the sound that we just played. to me, colin, this seems, we talk a lot about this being more than just, being about more than just guns. and certainly bobby jindal talking about activist judges and the discussion by sarah palin of tobacco. it seems like this is a culture war that the nra would like to wage. it seems the nra is still sticking by their playbook since newtown, they re doubling down on the kind of out of touch rhetoric, calling it the war of northern aggression, that the vast majority of americans don t support. there s nothing new with the nra. i think what is new in this issue, in this gun policy debate is what was happening outside of
we ll examine the frenetic coverage of the movie theater shooting. conservative commentators join the call for mitt romney to reduce his tax returns. is there right in revolt against the republican candidate? plus, yahoo! taps google executive marisa maher as its new ceo and it s been downright adoring. google geek to yahoo! ceo, and she s going to be a first-time mommy. with so few female bosses in silicon valley, is the press putting her on a pedestal? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. perhaps the single worst thing that news organizations do after a crazed gunman opens fire on a crowd is rush to judgment about the affiliation or beliefs of the shooter as abc news did. there s a james holmes of aurora, colorado, page on the tea party site, as well, talking about him joining the tea party last year. we don t know if this is the same james holmes. but james holmes of aurora, colorado. it turned out to be someone with the same name. and abc and