department of criminology law and society at the university of california irvine in denver we have david coco he is a research director at the independence institute and in washington we cross to mark levine he is a radio host and senior advisor with the truman national security project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i don't know if i can go to you first if guns make a country safer than the u.s. should be the safest country in the world but it's not one up well they think that that's a very interesting question and it raises questions about you know kind of irony and and contradictions and fact the crime rate is going down and yet more people are interested in guns and we saw in the wake of the shootings in colorado and immediate uptick in people contacting. gun schools firing ranges wanting to take out permits on guns and and. and a lot of times people say well i think it'll make me safer and yet you would expect if the crime rate is going down that there would be less interest in guns so there seems to be sort of a contradictory behav

david, big papi ortiz. solo homer off of a.j. griffin. bottom of the seventh. here comes coco.s going to stroll in and tap home plate. a's complete the three-game sweep. first time they swept the red sox since 2008. >>> how about steve nash, an mvp, joins the l.a. lakers. they worked out a sign and trade deal for the point guard. a three-year deal for $25 million to acquire nash. the l.a. lakers gave up a couple of future draft picks to the phoenix suns. >>> fourth stage of the tour de france. look out. a big crash near the end, including britain's mark cavendish one of the guys expected to win in event. fabbian. sonya thomas broke her own record, 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes. the pride of san jose, untouchable. joey chestnut tied his record by eating 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. that will do it for sports. hopefully you had a great fourth of july. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> tonight, we leave you with the best of the best from tonight'

david ortiz, he gets the a.j. griffin offering and sends it over the wall. a milestone shot ties it at one. coco crisp home, as take a 3-2 lead, they win 3-2, completing their first three-game sweep of boston since 2008. if you happen to be at the giants-as opener at the coliseum last month, you might have witnessed an emotional moment when sergeant scott pierce was reintroduced with his -- an inside look at the heart warming moment. >> ali pierce was scheduled to throw out the as ceremonial first pitch for her sweet 16. she place kwhad she thought was a long distance phone call to her dad stationed overseas. what she didn't know was her dad was closer to home than she ever could have imagined. then sergeant pierce proved like in baseball, in the game of life, there's nothing sweeter than coming home. >> happy sweet 16 from afghanistan, baby girl, i wish i was there to celebrate with you. i hope you have a great day, and we'll celebrate when i get home. i love and miss you more than you know. >> hi, baby girl. are you okay? >> yeah. >> i love you. >> i love you too. this is the best sweet 16 eve

david ortiz crushed his 400th career home run. the 49th major-league player to reach that plateau. tied at 2 in the seventh. cocoris kelly, i'm looking at allen, might money is on you roberta for getting from third to home without breathing hard. he makes it to third setting up a balanced into left field, that is the go-ahead run that seals the wind and this week. they beat the red sox five straight times. in 20 out of 27 at the coliseum. that is impressive. the giants have a second straight day, added handed to them under the heat of the nation's capital. 29 years ago today, he pitched a no-hitter for the yankees. the fourth of july drill, pre- game, once the game started at 8:00 a.m. bay area time, the only giant to looked away was public cent of all. a two run home run in the first and also a triple shot, three/zero giants, three/zero chance!. madison baumgartner could not hold it. desmond got through in the third inning. two run is coming to score to tie the game. and then the national started flying home run derby. solano to the opposite field, they gave washington the lead. it got worse. fifth inning ryan