i don't line up with the nra. by the time he was ready to run for president, though -- >> when did you join the nra? >> about -- well, within the last year. and i signed up for lifelong membership. i think they're doing good things. >> lifetime membership. not lifelong membership. you lived here all your life? not yet. mitt romney went from i don't line up with the nra to card-carrying lifelong membership, right? you may also remember the varm int hunter episode in the '08 campaign. in "the new yorker," describing a campaign stop. suddenly a heavy set man wearing a bright orange cap entered the room. mr. romney, he called out, i'm a hunter. it was a potentially awkward moment. earlier this year, romney claimed that he'd been a hunter all his life. i have hunted game numerous times. later, he told a newspaper, any description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability. still, though, he couldn't resist. you're a hunter, he said to mr. orff? well, same here. good to see you. which one is it? you're a hun

our gun-control laws in san francisco, despite, i think, great challenges by gun advocates and the nra nationally, who have tested the merits of the second amendment nationally, where we have seen, where there has been, even the weighing in several years ago by the u.s. supreme court, where they weighed in on the decision where we see no gun advocates, gun rights advocates, who are now mounting deficits toward state and local law to unravel -- now mounting efforts toward state and local laws to unravel the local gun-control laws, so what i want to make sure that we do, in light of these trends, and seeing be rolling back of gun-control laws, at least provide some sort of a common- sense measure for the laws that should remain intact, so two separate laws, one which requires that handguns be kept in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock, and one preventing the sales of the stub of ammunition in san francisco, the most common of which are hollow point bullets. it is obvious that with the heller decision compaq -- decision, it is an individual right to possess a gun for self-

theag nra, agricultural adjustment act, works progressarne administration, housing bills and revenue acts and gore reform and even on social security he voted only present. and with the veiled attack warned of home-grown dictatorship. and yetsh complete the aware of the extraordinary popularity insisting he embraced the bones of the new deal.befo fdr and surged and gave speeches for the challenger and as for tidings fdr never pronounced his name and said any politician has the right to be liberal, conservative and reactionary but the nation cannot stand for the confusion to have them pretend to be one but act like another. finally happened? and then the other p conservative if they won their primary contest and one reelection. roosevelt managed to beat one conservative thehe o'connor congressmen from new york and chairman from the house rules committee. the purge was a flop. what were the main reasons for the failure? the liberal challengers were mostly political amateurs and disorganized damage years.en the incumbents have their well organized political machines.i many state newspap

the nra, the tva, the agricultural adjustment act, the wagner act, works progress administration, housing bills, revenue act and court reform. even on social security he voted only present. and in a veiled attack on fdr, he even warned of home grown dick dictatorship. and yet tidings was completely aware of the president's extraordinary popularity and also insisted that he embraced the bones of the new deal. so fdr entered maryland on labor day weekend before the maryland primary and gave speeches for the challenger, liberal democrat davy lewis. as for tidings, fdr never pronounced his name. he told crowds only that any politician had the right to be liberal, conservative and even reactionary. but, he said, the nation cannot stand for the confusion of having him pretend to be one and act like the other. well, what finally happened? george, tidings, south carolina senator smith and the other conservative incumbents all won their primary contests and won re-election too. roosevelt managed to defeat only one conservative; john o'connor, the congressman from new york and chairman of the power

[inaudible] >> and i still nra member? i had a lifetime membership to the nra and they had a special vote to excommunicate me. so i don't think i'm a member any longer. but i still have the nice leather jacket they sent me. yes, sir and the i/o. [inaudible] >> well, you know, the republicans are -- they are very good at organizing and in some ways they are smarter because they know how to get the job done and they took over the statehouses and governorships in november. and they didn't do it just so they could put it on my resume. they came in with a plan and the plan was to go after public employees, teachers, take away people's pensions, it better. i think they've shot themselves in the foot and i think senators in wisconsin i hope will be recalled. they got a taste of it last night. .. [applause] >> i think that you are applauding the great idea but that won't even get us over to tenth ave. why don't the democrats do this stuff? why? there is a simple answer which is the same people and then there's the weird answer, th

>> being an nra member. are you still? >> am i still an nra member? i had the lifetime membership in the nra, and i think they had a special vote to -- [laughter] excommunicate me. [laughter] i don't think i'm a member any longer, but i still have the nice leather jackets they sent me. yes, sir, on the aisle, yes. >> [inaudible] >> what do i think of the nation's governor -- what's happening? this is -- i mean, the republicans are, they are very good at organizing, and in some ways they are smarter because they know how to get the job done, and they really took over the state houses and governorships in a huge swath of the country in november, and they didn't do it just to put it on their resumÉ. they came in with a plan was to go after public employees, go after teachers, take away people's pensions, ect.. i think they've shot themselves in the foot, and i think that those senators in wisconsin i hope will be recalled and they got a taste of it last night. i mean, can you imagine being a member of congress and being a republican this morning and you

[inaudible] >> and i still nra member? i had a lifetime membership to the nra and they had a special vote to excommunicate me. so i don't think i'm a member any longer. but i still have the nice leather jacket they sent me. yes, sir and the i/o. [inaudible] >> well, you know, the republicans are -- they are very good at organizing and in some ways they are smarter because they know how to get the job done and they took over the statehouses and governorships in november. and they didn't do it just so they could put it on my resume. they came in with a plan and the plan was to go after public employees, teachers, take away people's pensions, it better. i think they've shot themselves in the foot and i think senators in wisconsin i hope will be recalled. they got a taste of it last night. .. [applause] >> i think that you are applauding the great idea but that won't even get us over to tenth ave. why don't the democrats do this stuff? why? there is a simple answer which is the same people and then there's the weird answer, th

did, they were ousted now the new chairman understands we need to unite the former president of the nra has done a great job to build the unity to take back the stake -- state house so we can be a strong and unified force to help it take pride in the principles of which we stand but that's ousted leadership is still unhappy and still resorting to o underhanded tricks because i talkat about how one of the things the former chairman did was file a false claim against me with the sec. not only did the delaware republican leadership but also the democrats did this. i have since been cleared of all of those but why is it to a sleazy the underhanded trick because to file a false claim for political motive is abusing the justice system. any of you who has day vendetta can accuse them toit have the police to look into that without facing consequence is when they realize it was vindictive. but that is what the former chairman did in that sec saw right through it and there was no merit to the claim. they try to fight back right now these are the same people who lost the post because of their dish

. >> well, we have an nra sticker in every corner of the house. >> how is anne tracy? >> she is watching right now. hi. >> tell her i love the sweatpants. >> so anyway, this is not really news. the majority of states allow you to carry a concealed weapon into a bar if you have a permit. the reason is, like you were mentioning, people bothering to get a permit, these are law abiding citizens. if you use a gun it will be for self-defense and anyone who says it will bring crime up, the proof is in the pudding. it brought crime down. >> are you worried your obnoxious behavior would get you killed in a state like virginia? >> yes, yes, a slur retimes yet. -- yes. i would never want to go to a bar like this. and not to disparage them, but they did not use reported robberies in this analysis. and the reason they said it is because most of the robbery occured in restaurants that didn't serve alcohol. i'm sorry i have been to virginia. there are no restaurants that don't serve alcohol. there are no nurseries that don't serve alcohol. >> i don't want your facts to get in the way

if you buy more than one semiautomatic rifle in a two day period, i think the theory goes from the nrathey want a data base of american gun owners. they want your name on a list. they want to stop this overreach by the atf. >> yeah, so the department of justice announced last month for these gun dealers along the southern border and i think in all, it does entail about 3500 retailers for them to report multiple sales of certain semiautomatic rifles which is the particular kind that these drug cartels are interested in so the nra and the national shooting sports foundation says wait a minute, that's going to make things actually a little tougher. this given the background and the fact that there are a number of republicans in congress who say, ok, they're doing that at the same time, we still don't know what exactly went down with this fast and furious. who knew what, when and who approved it? because it was a dumb idea. >> so far, the administration has not been forthcoming. >> let us know what you think about it. you can e-mail us or tweet me as well. you heard the president say it ma

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. >> ted nugent nra board member, right? i feel like i'm at home. i was with you every night watching "law & order" i feel like we know each other personally. >> reruns, they were having a hard time coming up with a d.a.. >> i think the goatee does you a lot of good. >> i'm hoping they will think i'm somebody else. and now let's give this actor a run. >> maybe run for president. >> you are meddleing. >> that's a good segue. >> that is. rick perry, now officially, they are saying, they, front-runner for the gop nomination. latest rasmussen, perry 29, romney 18. don't have the numbers here for the others which would make me mad if i was one of the others, which i was one time. >> how did that go for you? how did that run? >> some member on this panel was tacky enough to bring up the fact along about this time four years ago rudy giuliani was number one and i was number two. >> that's right. >> the truth hurts. >> ouch, nina! >> what do we take from that? as you also pointed out, donald trump was number one for a while he got i

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recently, they put a message out that is maybe a white male, evangelical, pro-life, may be a member of the nra, pro-second amendment. my idea of profiling is someone who belongs to a radical group or someone who goes around it to a university or school preaching revolution by violence, or someone who belongs to a radical organization, like the kkk. host: gregg mccrary. guest: thanks for that question, richard. what you're talking about is prospective profiling, someone who might commit a crime afterwards. the plans he made are good, because -- the points he made a good, because it points out how we can get false positives. what department of homeland security is concerned about is the lone wolf offender, someone who is out there -- we just had that in norway. i was in norway last week, not related to that mass murder, but on another case there, but where the lone wolf killed 77 people based on some political beliefs and so forth. those are the things we are concerned about, as well as organized tourists like al qaeda and so forth. we are also concerned about the lone wolf, a little more diffic

party understands that we need to unit, and he's been doing -- john sigler, former president of the nra, he's deny -- been doing a great job of gets that unity and take back the state health and be a strong unified force, and to help the former republican leadership take pride in the principles in which we stand, but, you know, the -- the ousted leadership is still unhappy, and they're still resorting to underhanded tricks because i talk about how one of the things that our former chairman tom ross did was file false claims against me with the fec, and not only did our delaware republican r leadership do this, but the democrats did it at well through a group called prew. they filed a false claim with the u.s. attorney's office. now, i have been cleared of all of those claims, but why i say that it's a sleazy underhanded trick is because it's abusing the prelim process. the thoughts with the u.s. attorney's office, the political motives 1 abusing the justice system. none of you in this room who has a vendetta against your neighbor can accuse them of burglarly and get the police to look i

and he's been doing -- john ziegler, he's the former president of the nra, he's been doing a great job of reaching out and trying to build that unity and take back the state health and be a strong unified force and to help the former republican leadership take pride in the principals in which we stand. but, you know, the ousted leadership is still unhappy. and they are still resorting to some under handed tricks, because i talk about how one the things that our former chairman did, tom ross, file a false claim with me against the fcc. not only did the delaware republican leadership, but the democrats did it as well through a crew. they filed with the u.s. attorneys office. i have since been cleared of all of the claims. why it's a sleazy, under handed trick, it's abusing the process, filing a false claim with the u.s. political office with a false motive is abusing the justice system. none of you in the room who has a vendetta against a neighbor can accuse them of burglary and get the police to look into that without facing consequences when they realize that it was, you know, a vindic

because of the politics for the national rifle association which doesn't want a muscular atf, if you ask nra been policy differences over the nominee. there is a nominee now pending to take the change. it was changed when atf used to be part of the treasury department. when it was moved into justice the decision was made to make the director of atf senate confirmed. there's been no director confirmed. >> that was a poison pill that was enacted during the reorganization of homeland security. >> exactly right. >> pete williams our justice correspondent. thank you, sir. >> you bet. >>> a little insight from former vice president dick cheney about his role in the bush administration as his just released book hits book shelves and ipads today. with matt lauer the vice president played down claims that he was the central figure in convincing president bush to invade iraq. >> it severely damaged our reputation around the world and there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. you still think it's worth it? >> oh, sure. i don't think that it damaged our reputation around the world. i just

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he's been opposed by the nra because they see him as an opponent to gun rights. emery hurley. he was in charge of the day-to-day operations of fast and furious, he has been reassigned to phoenix. three of the four whistle blowers in group 7 have been reassigned, two to florida, one to south carolina. those whistle blowers could not be fired because that would be seen as retaliation. as far as the kput euf staff, however, they are being moved, if you will, ahead of expected to be a very critical report from the inspector general. also, multiple sources in arizona as well as washington say that the u.s. attorney for arizona, dennis burke, was interviewed by congressional investigators recently and he got sick in the middle of that and was not able to finish his testimony, that coming from multiple source necessar sources in arizona. we have received documents dated in 200 the showing 11 seizures of guns in the first three months of this program proving that those guns were going south to mexico very early on. back to you. gregg. jenna: a shocking new report on the state of aviat

people said it wouldn't last, that i could never get reelected in my district with an a rating from the nra. they attacked me for being pro-life and for standing up against the unions. my local newspapers beat me up for being too ideological and too rigid. and despite it all, i won re-election three times. [applause] the eight years that i served as a part-time legislator was a tremendous honor. we were proud foot soldiers in jeb bush's key revolution. we cut taxes, we reformed education, we balanced every budget, and we grew florida's economy. and then in 2007 i was picked by the speaker of the house to serve as the republican majority leader. that speaker was my friend, marco rubio. [cheers and applause] marco, marco once described me as the most partisan republican in tallahassee. [laughter] now, he meant it as a compliment. the mainstream media tried to use it as an insult, and i wore it as a badge of honor. [applause] now, it was, it was also that same year when charlie crist became governor. now, crist had campaigned as a jeb bush conservative, but the day he was sworn in to office he

they said i could never get reelected from the nra > they attacked me for standing up against the union. my local newspapers beat for being too ideological and rigid. despite it, i've won reelection three times. the eight years that i served as a part-time legislature was a tremendous honor. we were proud foot soldiers in the conservative revolution. we cut taxes. a reformed education. we balance every budget. -- we balanced every budget. i was picked to serve as the majority leader. i was picked by marco rubio. he once described me as the most partisan republican in tallahassee. the day he was sworn into office, he began governor as a barack obama liberal. people have short memories of politics. before the great american awaking, of the establishment was telling conservatives that the way to beat the democrats was to be more like them. i stood by his side while they parliament stood by. he was on the cover of every magazine. it is the future of the republican party. we stood up to them. we ignore the polls and the establishment and those who declared that conservatism was dead. we prov

recently, they put a message out that is maybe a white male, evangelical, pro-life, may be a member of the nra, pro-second amendment. my idea of profiling is someone who belongs to a radical group or someone who goes around it to a university or school preaching revolution by violence, or someone who belongs to a radical organization, like the kkk. host: gregg mccrary. guest: thanks for that question, richard. what you're talking about is prospective profiling, someone who might commit a crime afterwards. the plans he made are good, because -- the points he made a good, because it points out how we can get false positives. what department of homeland security is concerned about is the lone wolf offender, someone who is out there -- we just had that in norway. i was in norway last week, not related to that mass murder, but on another case there, but whe e based on some political beliefs and so forth. those are the things we are concerned about, as well as organized tourists like al qaeda and so forth. we are also concerned about the lone wolf, a little more difficult to identify because they do

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i got a call from the tea party and nra. i do not understand why they would try to stop him from running the second time. i see now he is taking the responsibility of previous administrations. is that right? >> thank you for your call and comments on a number of different matters. donald is joining us from california. >> my name is donald. i am an independent from hemet, california. , i feel it is putting the burden on the middle class and department of defense by all of these cuts. it is not necessary to raise the debt ceiling. i believe the president should man up and use the 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling and make the congress and senate get back to work on fixing the budget. >> ok, thank you for the call. these are live pictures from capitol hill as members of the caucus continue to wrap up their meeting. members are leaving on a sporadic basis. vice president joe biden has been meeting with members of the caucus trying to get enough support to get across the finish line as the president pushes for passage of t

recently, they put a message out that is maybe a white male, evangecal, pro-life, may be a member of the nramy idea of profiling is someone who belongs to a radical group or someone who goes around it to a university or school preaching revolution by violence, or someone who belongs to a radical organization, like the kkk. host: gregg mccrary. guest: thanks for that question, richard. what you're talking about is prospective profiling, someone who might commit a crime afterwards. the plans he made are good, because -- the points he made a good, because it points out how we can get false positives. what department of homeland security is concerned about is the lone wolf offender, someone who is out there -- we just had that in norway. i was in norway last week, not related to that mass murder, but on another case there, but where the lone wolf killed 77 people based on some political beliefs and so forth. those are the things we are concerned about, as well as organized tourists like al qaeda and so forth. we are also concerned about the lone wolf, a little more difficult to identify because

people said it would not last, that i could never get reelected in my district with an a rating from the nra. the attack me for being pro-life and standing up against the unions. my local newspapers beat me up for being too ideological and too rigid. despite it all, i won reelection three times. [applause] the eight years i served as a part-time legislator was a tremendous honor. we were proud foot soldiers in jeb bush's conservative revolution, we cut taxes, reform the education, we balance the budget and grew florida's economy. then in 2007, i was picked by the speaker of the house to serve as the republican majority leader. that speaker was my friend marker rubio. [applause] -- marco rubio. marco once described me as the most part hint -- partisan republican in tallahassee. he meant it as a complement. the media tried to use it as an insult. but i wore it as a badge of honor. [applause] it was also that same year when charlie crist became governor. he had campaigned as a jeb bush conservative, but the day he was sworn into office, he began governing as a barack obama liberal. people have

they don't have the incentive to organize in the sense nra is representing their point of view. rather than a special interest, they are promoting a public interest. i'm raising the question. we are a group of many economists and thinkers here. the, assume, now, this is just a big assumption. assume that there is a rent seeking and debt loss to getting rid of mid. we need to assure the debt code we don't have the rate loss. if we change the rules in middle of the game it impacts current people who may have had the decision based on the current rules. somehow if we, global warming and everybody move to the north pole and we can start all over, perhaps mortgage interest deduction is not there. we're not starting from all over. we're a history made the decision knowing that was in place and is it fair? and, if there is a dead weight loss cord, there is always a way to negotiate and provide the necessary way to remove that dead weight loss. i'm not sure what that is. i'm trying to raise the question for people who think there is a debt rate loss. productivity growth, "wall street jo