clinton is president. we have a democratic president now and we haven t had significant change. the things we talk about in the united states are so at the margins that i wonder how they would impact gun violence. if you did something like australia, where you take away massive amounts of guns people have, redugs the rate of gun ownership in society, you can have a big impact on violent crime. changes with background checks will help at the margin, but i wouldn t expect that to have big impacts on the rate of violent crime in the country which i think is part of the reason you haven t had the knock down drag out fight. while the changes would be positive changes, they wouldn t be sea changes. eric, final thoughts from you. we have to ask ourselves as a country two simple questions. is the current situation unacceptable. if your answer to that is, no, i think things are just fine. that s one position. there s no point in talking to an individual like that.