host: jim kessler, go ahead. guest: that perspective that david just brought, that is the perspective that dominates the modern day gun rights movement, which is, you know, we are very close to having this country being taken over by external forces or by an evil, internal government force that is going to impose tyranny on americans. viewis not a mainstream out in america, but that is the view of the activists gun rights community right now, and really for the last 10 or 12 years. the thing that i find scary view of a is not this future world like the terminator or the road warrior, but that is whatiew that is dominated congress does and what is happening in state legislatures. -- dominating what congress does and what is happening in state legislators and we need to shrug us off and have a more rational perspective of what is going on in the country. host: oklahoma. roger. on the line for democrats. caller: i just want to clarify -- there seems to be conclude -- confusion -- the law that was passed in 1994, the

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