like karen handel in georgia. she lost to lucy mcbeth whose son was a victim of gun violence. and mcbeth has made gun violence a signature issue. jason croton in colorado, a democrat, he beat mike coffman, another republican that had an nra rating. so whether gun control was established -- central issue in these races almost doesn't matter. the point is that you saw candidates win the election in november on an unapologetic gun- control message beating out republicans who had sided with the nra in the past. >> let's go to brad. a caller from international falls, minnesota. brad, first of all, how cold is it an international falls this morning? >> today it is pretty warm. it changed dramatically from 45 below, to basically 10 above today. >> wow. a big shift. 10 above is still pretty cold to us in dc. >> yellow. that is normal. it is winter. i don't sensationalize weather. like you would have to for the suburbanites. it is how it is. i am listening to your conversation and thinking, i'm not for the nra and i'm not against the nra. so when i am hearing people push the foolishnes

who lost their campaign for reelection, people who in the past had a ratings from the nra, like karen handelgeorgia. she lost to lucy mcbath, whose son was a victim of gun violence, and mcbath has made gun violence a signature issue. jason cloak, a democrat, who another whoffman, had an nra rating. whether gun control was central in these races almost does not matter. point is that you saw candidates win election in november on an unapologetically "i am for gun-control" message beating out sided with who had the nra in the past. host: let's go to brad calling from international falls, minnesota. brad, first of all, how cold is it today? it changed dramatically, from about -45 to about 1 a bus today0. , that is a pretty big shift, but 10 above is still pretty cold to us in d.c. yes, but i do not sensationalize weather, like you have to do for suburbanites. nra or againste the nra, you know, so when i am hearing people push the foolishness of it, i ask myself a couple of questions. the one question is -- have any of you ever heard of the nra committing any of these things, the mass shootings?