brian dhoherty says yes. he is a senior editor and author of gun control on trial. inside the supreme court battle over the second amendment. he joins me now from palm springs. thank you for being with us. we have heard pretty much every g.o.p. criticise his executive action calling it imperfectlyialism, tyranny and a dictatorship. one called it a blatant belligerent abuse of power. presidents have used the same action at their disposal many, many times. the president is not even one of the more frequent users of it. >> that's true. the issue for those of us who are concerned about it is not so much the quantity or who it is using it, but the fact that it is used at all. i actually do hope that these republican candidates, if any of them becomes president, actually remember. the problem with the whole executive action thing and the part soon divide-- partisan divide is they're happy to see their guy to do whatever they want. the reason the republicans are getting upset is it about gun control which is extremely important to both their base and the obama base >>> the