particularly moderate democrats like joe manchin who have raised concerns in the past about atf nominees who they perceived to be, you know, too much too much in the vein of trying to restrict access to guns and limit people s gun rights. so if the white house sees that they have all democrats on board, this is someone that s likely to not get a whole lot of knee-jerk opposition, particularly from those members of congress that are most influenced by the nra, they may be able to move on this very quickly. if not, then it s going to take more time. but the white house knows their first nominee failed. they want to go into this being able to succeed on the second nominee, especially as these gun groups, these gun violence groups are really saying that it s inexcusable that this agency has not had a confirmed agency leader for so long. josh, chuck, thank you both for being with us. we turn now to the other big
the war of words over stand your ground law is heating up against after the shooting death of trayvon martin galvanized the debate. the national rifle association is breakingist silence saying, quote, the national rifle association always has and will advocate self-defense laws, will work to protect them and advocate for their passage in those states that do not respect the right. one of america s biggest gun violence groups has responded to that. preventing gun violence. you say the nra went into this self-imposed exile, unusually silent after the death of trayvon martin, now they are speaking out. why? because the scrutiny of the american public has been on them. why they went into that self-imposed exile now they are feeling the heat. they feel compelled to defend
an easier job than it was with david shipman, who came from the gun control world, was seen more of an activist on this issue as opposed to the president s new nominee who is someone who comes from being a former u.s. attorney. he s familiar to law enforcement, has some experience with members of congress from having been confirmed before. now, as far as why the administration feels like they had to do this now, they have really been under increased pressure, hallie, from these gun violence groups who have said that president biden made a lot of big promises as a candidate about taking action on gun control, hasn t done a lot since. certainly has not made a major push legislatively in congress which is something the politics still don t seem to support. and so the white house want to show before the election that they are taking action where they can on this as they try to refocus people s attention after a month where we are focused so