stokoe yank and kevin powell author of the new book barack obama ronald reagan and the ghost of dr king blogs an essay so jim i'm going to start with you i know that you're going to say that gun control is not the answer but i want to show you a chart before i get your answer i mean this this chart that we're showing right here is a list of just a few of the shooting massacres that we've seen in twenty twelve alone so if gun control isn't the answer what is well what's really and truly on the chart is this shooting back the mass shooting the last twenty years virtually all of the big one at the democratic national convention which might as well be gun free zone have occurred and what we call target rich environment to go where the victims of mass shootings were able to defend the. idea that the common denominator in all the.

yack and kevin powell kevin is the author of the book barack obama ronald reagan and the ghost of dr king blogs and essays i started off by asking jim who is pro guns what solution could curb the gun violence here's his response. twenty years virtually all of the. democratic national convention which might as well be. called target rich environment. victims of mass shootings. the common denominator in all the. data. not talking about the numerous. things that if. it is the be pointed out two hundred. back. of. him i want to go ahead and stop you right there i can't help but to bring up two instances where that theory just doesn't hold water first is for her to wear major nidal hassan kill three people and hold on the me finish and i mean that was on a military base kill those people that had weapons to defend themselves in the second instance i want to bring up well i finished second and says i want to bring up is that during the chaos of the tucson arizona shooting represent a representative gabrielle giffords there was an armed person on that scene who confused giffords aide for the realist a