congress is so far to the right of the people of oklahoma that this kind of thing is impossible now? this one straight forward fix, background checks, is something that people in super gun-friendly states and republican congressional districts support by a low of 79% and a maximum of 100%. literally in one new jersey republican district, support for background checks clocked in at 100%. is it possible that something with this much popular support can attract the support in the senate of only one republican? one. that s how far the republican party is from public opinion right now? this seems to be not sustainable.
recruiting more republican support to this bill. and they will need that if they re going to pass this bill over an all but certain republican filibuster. is it really possible that the congress is so far to the right of the people of oklahoma that this kind of thing is impossible now? this one straight forward fix, background checks, is something that people in super gun-friendly states and republican congressional districts support by a low of 79% and a maximum of 100%. literally in one new jersey republican district, support for background checks clocked in at 100%. is it possible that something with this much popular support can attract the support in the senate of only one republican? one. that s how far the republican party is from public opinion right now? this seems to be not sustainable. frustrating. it s hard to turn off and go back to sleep.
this is about catching the bad guys. that s an important point. that s the interesting thing, heather, is that every i mean, s.e., i d love to get your thoughts on this, too. any effort to in any way touch the issue of weaponry, guns in this country, is always met with extreme resistance from the nra. this is, you know, you have folks that are gun, you know, gun advocates, effectively saying this amounts to a gun ban. i mean, this is something that doesn t even touch not rifles, not revolvers. this is semiautomatic weaponry. after the fact. after the guns have already been purchased. after they re already out there. this does not prevent anybody from buying or selling a gun. period. so how can you call it gun control? this is the problem with the professionalization of lobbying and oadvocacy in this country. there are thousands of people whose only jobs is to make hysteria about guns. they don t get paid unless there s something for them to go to washington and statehouses an
this. one gun company remington i believe threatened to pull its operations out of the state if new york does pass this bill. you know, we ve, that on the heels of statistics suggesting that 40% of murder investigations nationwide result in no arrests because of lack of evidence. this is a real problem in terms of crime in the country. yeah, i mean, it s a simple case of right versus wrong. i mean, this is an opportunity to save lives that has nothing to do with gun rights. the opportunity for a law-abiding citizen to own a gun, to hunt, to use it for lawful purposes is just about catching the bad guys. so, you know, i put the question back to the gun lobby or anybody who wants to represent them to say, you know, how could this possibly be bad? it s just about catching the bad guys. and yet, s.e., you are a gun owner and seem to have some problems with this. this is a really silly piece of legislation. here s why. because the idea is you track the bullet or the shell casing back
registered his gun. most criminals don t do that. most criminals don t go and give an address and a form of i.d. and say, i d like to legally register my firearm. most crimes that are committed with guns are committed by people who have not registered their guns. and most gun owners who legally register use that gun legally. so this is really a very silly, and let s not forget, costly legislation to gun just a quick rebuttal on that. there s a lot there. just on the discreet point you re making about whether this is use l to law enforcement, there are a lot of cases where people get accused of crimes. gun owners get accused of crimes because they have a gun. if you can go if and say, i did register mine, that doesn t have my bullet stamp on it, that couldn t have been me, that s a huge help to solving crimes. in small communities where you have a bunch of people registered and a few unregistered it helps narrow the pool. the idea that people who care about solving crimes wouldn t w