rhonda bromley and bill mcgee, i appreciate you being on "the ed show" tonight and contributing to the discussion. i think it's discussions like this that we've got to have if we're going to make any progress in this country. we need to do the right thing. i think everybody is undoubtedly tasked with really the responsibility to step forward and lead on this. and i think that utah is leading in a different way as far as the discussion is concerned. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter @edshow and on facebook we always want to know what you think. coming up, the national rifle association promised us a meaningful conversation about gun laws. tonight they're promising to block any new legislation. i'll give you an update on the national debate over guns when we come back and so much more. stay with us. >>> old friends karl rove and tim pawlenty want republicans to stop playing chicken with the economy by trying to use the debt ceiling as leverage. i'll have the details ahead. >>> and "zero dark thirty" had members

many of you are responding to my interview last night with bill mcgee, a parent who opposes arming teachersen's school. on facebook, peggy clay bring wries if having armed teachers in school is such a good idea, why hide it from the parents? arnold suggests if we are going to arm teachers, send them to west point instead of normal colleges. then we will have qualified vigilantes. and elaine violet, a staunch supporter of the second amendment says guns in school is asking for a disaster. everyone needs to calm down and be rational. good god, has everyone lost it? keep sharing your thoughts with us and like us on facebook and on twitter using the hash tag edshow. >>> still to come, protecting athletes from brain injuries. i'll talk to chris nowinski about cte and what needs to be done to make sports across the board safer. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama can simply go platinum if republicans hold america hostage with the debt ceiling. the president can legally call on the treasury department to mint a trillion dollar platinum coin to pay off the country's debts. the coin mu

doing everything we can to enact these bills now, there's a bill in the new york senate that's coming in to protect our privacy and assemblyman mcgeedemocrat in the assembly, is also putting in a bill for the same purpose. >> tucker: good for him. what would be the argument against that? >> quite frankly, there is none. even in the foia request. the freedom of information law requests stipulate that it cannot be disseminated, that information cannot be disseminated if it will cause harm to any citizen. it's also not supposed be to be disseminated if it's going to be used for profit purposes, which is clearly what the journal news has done. >> tucker: clearly, god speed in that effort. tom brady is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. no team wanted to take him out of college. how to fuel success and what you can learn by channelling and taming your emotion. and a cat in a prison, that cat. ♪ let's give thanks - for an idea. a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like lerty and rock 'n' roll. to fr