tammy bruce is our guess. los angeles, good morning. >> actually the popular democratic people of west hollywood. god bless c-span. tammy tell us about the great benefits of gun control. >> well, if you are a criminal and you would like an open field for robbing houses and taking advantage of people it is a terrific boon. you know as washington d.c. is the capital murder town, of course now that is changing. in fact, according to the second payment as a firearm owner i know that is the nation does, that when you are armed, the bad guys of course are a little bit more at risk and they will not know what freedom they have. clearly, moving out of facetiousness, there is no benefits. we have seen a worldwide, gun controlling keeping firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens increases crime, increases the murder rate. the fact is you know, murder is also illegal and people still do it with guns. if you are inclined to commit crime, the rules that exist about the tool you are going to use, don't matter either

and i think that is what the november election is all about. >> host: washington in your on with tammy bruce. >> caller: hello. >> guest: this is a twitter follow were. thank you for calling. nice to hear from you. >> caller: what do think of your community of followers add to tammy bruce.com? are we group thinkers? >> guest: not that i would have planned this but what manifesto that my website it is subscription based, i moved away from the terrestrial radio framework to become completely independent because i got tired of having to be answerable to people who were somewhat afraid. for example, i would play the theme from shaft of the economy went south. we were asked not to do that because it may be perceived as being racist. go figure. when it came down to music and things i would say i became troubled by the notion of self-censorship that i began to apply so i went commando or independent and the people around the country and around the world who are subscribing to what i do and also number 143 we are the number-one program but the army members. not the i think i need an army but it is h

tammy bruce. >> i am honored to be a fox contributor. that was offered to me five years now, when no one else was dialing my phone. they have arias had a sense, roger ailes who is a long supporter of civil rights and martin luther king. he understands the nature of who americans are and that was an offer that was very generous five years ago. i am honored to be associated with them, clearly the influence of fox news has increased over time for a reason. even if you disagree with some of what you hear, you know you were getting people telling you the truth on both sides effectively. i would love to do something more regularly within that framework. i suppose it would be great if viewers called up oxon said that they would like to see me more. i certainly could probably serve that but we have all grown up with television. it is clearly in our fast-paced world, if we are lucky we are working. maybe you are working two jobs and trying to raise your family. you know as an american is your responsibility to save the country. .. ar and we do ne

. >> host: tammy bruce we have about two minutes left. what are you reading? >> guest: a few things. it just suggested to me lawrence of arabia by chris buckley interestingly enough and i want to read more fiction. , a claremont university reading a lot of things of the presidency and clues in the presidential command but more fiction should be on my list for pleasure so lawrence of arabia will be there. >> host: tammy bruce has been our guest from the "l.a. times" book festival her three books very quickly "the new american revolution." "the new thought police." "the death of right and wrong." tammy bruce.com >> and is currently a political analyst for fox newschannel. for more information, visit latimes.com/festivalofbooks. >> david shenk, correspondent for the atlantic.com says our genes play a smaller role than believed in shaping how smart we are. the opportunities we have or don't have play a more significant role. the new york public library hosts this hour, fifteen minute event. >> i'm here with a pretty modest goal -- i'm here simply to change the way