you can tweet is our thoughts at c-span wj. part of the brief reads as such. "mandatory advocacy groups that individuals are supports to desk forced to subsidize and enjoy privileges by those who don't -- actual support for groups in these agendas. it transforms groups into arbitrarily powerful factions. do you buy that argument? >> i don't. we need to lay out the battlefield. no one is forced to join a union. -- in question are the unions may use to support potential candidates. part and aeparate voluntary fund. if i decide to join a union, but don't want to get involved in the political aspect of the union, my money does not go there because i don't volunteer to give that extra portion. so anyone that does not want to be involved in the union's political activity is not forced to. the union still advocates for most people -- for those people. if mr. jams were to have a problem on his work tomorrow, the union would be there because they advocate for everyone. host: what if some of those people are paying fees for this type of advocacy and protection and some

you can also reach us on social media, on twitter at c-span wj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanlet's take a look at what president trump said yesterday, speaking at the conservative political action conference about his proposal on guns. >> when we declare our schools to be gun free zones, it just puts our students in far more danger. danger. [applause] well-trained, gun adept teachers and coaches and people who work in those buildings, people in the marines for 20 years he retired, the army, navy, coast guard, people who are adept with weaponry and with guns, they teach. have 100 don't want to guards standing with rifles all over the school. you do a concealed carry permit. [applause] and this would be a major deterrent, because these people are inherently cowards. if they thought, like if this guy thought that other people would be shooting bullets back at him, he would not have gone to that school. he would not have gone there. host: michael is on the line from newark, new jersey, a teacher. what do you think about the proposal to encourage some teachers to carry concealed we