host: emily miller is here to answer your questions, gun rights around the country. let's start with david calling in from iowa on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, emily. guest: hi, david. caller: i have a question about the media coverage. one thing we have seen in the media is they are more than happy to take all of these mass shootings and paraded people in front of the public, the victims of these crimes of mass shootings, but they are also unwilling to show the life that have been saved from people who have been law-abiding citizens who have stopped these from happening. it bothers me when politicians stand on the tombstones of the fallen in order to press their gun-control cases. guest: i agree with you completely. obviously i am a member of the mainstream media, but i do see how the media uses these very rare mass shootings and exploits them because, you know, it is good for ratings and it sells, and that is what they do. but i think there is an agenda behind it, and president obama repeatedly said incorrectly that mass shooting

you got a minute left with emily miller.ler: why is the government so bent on changing our amendment? and the second one is in the state of. , i would like to know why new york, jersey, maryland and delaware did not honor our concealed license to carry when it is very strict to get? guest: if the supreme court ways ways in on the right to carry arms, then your permit would have to be applicable. i've got a pen. and he is flouting a lot of the separation of powers and other of the amendments and it is a concern. you're seeing in this country a push-back on how the constitution has been sort of diluted in recent years. host: emily miller is an editor with the "washington times." she is also the author of "emily got her gun but obama wants to take yours." thanks for joining us. up next, we'll take a look at the ivory trade by the white house to crack down on elephants and rhino pooching with david barron who shares as the council. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellit

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