. >> i'm larry pratt, executive director of gun owners of america where we have advocated, really ever since columbine, that the problem of mass murder in this country is the gun-free zone. we have a federal law that says that schools must be gun-free zones unless a state goes through an enormous amount of trouble. all but two of the mass murders in our country have occurred in gun-free zones, even while our violent crime rate has been going down, more americans are owning guns but not in gun-free zones. an armed citizen, a good guy with a gun, is the way you stop a crime. when there's a bad guy with a gun, he stops when a good guy with a gun is around. and until we kind of deal with that basic fact and we insist on disarming good guys, we're going to give the advantage to bad guys. gun owners of america has supported a measure that's been in the congress for several terms now that would treat your concealed carry permit the same way as your driver's licenses-- if you have it in one jurisdiction, then it's going to be good anywhere in the country. >> pelley: the view of larry pratt of

opponents of any gun restrictions like larry pratt, the executive of handgun owners of america, believes more students armed would save lives and is an answer to the mass shooting crisis. >> having people able to protect themselves with a gun is the answer. >> stuff happens. there's always a crisis. and the impulse is always to do something and it's not necessarily the right thing to do. >> that's jeb bush there. the other republican candidates are strongly against any new gun restrictions. on the other side of this, democratic presidential c candidate hillary clinton laid out her gun plan last week. she plans to close the loophole. >> we have got to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, domestic abusers, people are serious mental health problems. there's got to be a better tracking and record keeping. >> clinton also wants to repeal a controversial law called the protection of lawful commerce arms act, which shields gun makers when guns are used illegally opponents say it's out of line. lawsuits lead to improved safety. after the bill became law, the nra called

bureau is larry pratt, he's the executive director of gun owners of america. mr. att, doesn't he make a valid point, the senator, in saying that you shouldn't get a gun purchased by default. you ought to at least undergo that background check? >> if you look at the recent mass murders, in fact, for quite some time, they get their guns legally. they don't have a previous record that's going to trigger anything. so we're dealing with the fact that there are evil people who are going to do terrible things as this dirt bag did in oregon. and what we need to change, and what i hope the senator, one of these days, will take a look at, since he wants to look at things in a comprehensive fashion as he said, look at the laws that are denying people the ability to defend themselves. that was a gun-free zone in oregon, as so many -- of all of two of our country's mass murders since 1950 have occurred in such gun-free zones. i think that's a clue that we ought to be changing it and the senator doesn't get that memo. >> are you tell me that you will oppose that measure which th

i want you to take a listen to how larry pratt, the execive director of gun owners of america, how he reacted todd shooting this morning. >> the problem is we're disarming the good guys. making them sit there and wait for a bullet, which is what happens with a mass murder in a gun free zone. and i think that is outrageous that we're not talking about the senators love for gun free zones. >>> matthew, a former atf agent, his point, one ek qchoed by mik huckabee says arm the good people, let them fight back. >> i lived out in that part of the country and no one out there wants people in schools with more gun. even the people with pro gun don't that want to be the atmosphere that children go to school in. at the end of the day we have to restrict access to people so we insure responsible gun ownership. i support the president's plea that we all come together in a nonpartisan way and develop strategies not to make it more difficult for legal gun owners and those who want to buy guns, but to limit the access for those who have access. if you look at the active shooter incidents, firearms w

. >> larry pratt and philadelphia citizen hoping to boost the city's voter at any out.by offering to give one randomly selective voting a both load of cash. >> come out of the polls, they may run into me, holding a giant check for $10,000. >> the effort has the support of political veterans, mayor john street and sam katz, and it even appears to be legal. under state law, as long as you don't tell people to vote for candidate, or for or against a proposition, as long as voter turn out it is perfectly leader. >> similar lottery in lost ankle will he awarded $25,000 to vote nerve school board election last spring, and the effort reportedly boosted turn out by the thousands. >> we ought to try things, to get people reinvigorated. >> to educate voters committee of 707 teamed up with tech start up crowd park for this souped up website, that provides details on candidate. even allowed voters to create a ballot on lying. >> you can e nail directly to your phone and take it with you to the pole on election day. making a little easier to cast a ballot, and maybe win ten grand, f

communications for coalition to stop gun violence, along with executive director of gun owners of america, larry prattrlier in this hour we heard from roseburg residents who were not pleased the president was coming. they believed he was politicizing the event. do you think that's fair criticism? >> people are entitled to their feelings. that community is suffering. from the president's perspective, i think you have to realize how many times he has had to step up to that podium and give that same speech. there is no other free country on the face of the earth that experiences these horrors on a regular basis like we do. as you know, we can't even get through the segment without breaking news of another shooting in this country. yes, i understand the feeling of some in that community but i also understand the president's heart is broke and he wants to do something to stop it. >> larry, i know you're not for more gun control but i want to take a look at a study. when you look at some statistics, perhaps it changes people's opinion. relation between gun laws and gun deaths was studied by researchers at h

larry: and jennifer lawrenceaddn hollywood, since it's hollywood it is already being developed into a movery starring chris pratt. breep bleep i know, let's, camera, action, america thrk is the nightly show. captioning sponsored by comedy central larry: thank you very much.than. welcome to the nightly show, please, please. thank you very much. >> larry, larry, larry. larry: we have such a greatshow. i appreciate every time, every time do you that, especially when it's jennifer's birthday. it means so much. it does. am i right? you guys, you guys remembered me on jennifer's birthday. see? that's why this is my crowd. i am larry wilmore, less' get to our show. last week attorney general loretta lynch convened a meeting with dozens of america's top police officers, the goal was to figure out why so many cities are seeing a spike in their murder rates. we were asked to join that meeting with attorney general lynch but i had to say we found the invitation a bit confusing. (laughter) yeah, so yeah, you know what i'm saying, yeah. so instinctively we decided to avoid it. luckily "the washington post" was in attendance