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enter the national rifle association now the n.r.a. as as you know is a powerful group it's been around since the civil war but it was pretty much in those days known to speak for hunters. sportsman it got taken over in a fight at their annual convention which is still known as the revolt in cincinnati and the n.r.a. changed its focus to this argument that the second amendment means that you should have an unlimited unfettered right to a gun and that anything else any common sense gun law is somehow trampling on this sacred american right and they waged a very effective thirty year constitutional campaign to get that view accepted by the public and by the political leaders and then eventually by the courts. and the court case heller in your book you go through at some length the critiques of heller including by one of the guys that george w. bush had for the supreme court although all the asked him about apparently was whether he worked out. can you speak to this is basically justice scalia's this is a five four decision and scalia was

. >> chris died because of craven irresponsible politicians, and the n.r.a. >>> could the police have kept the deranged shooter off the street or did the mental health system fail to protect the victim and the killer from his descent into madness >>> collateral damage in the war on drugs. casualties include the guilty and the enjoyment. >> reporter: did you think you would be convicted? >>> we continue crime and punishment in america - how mandatory sentences wreak havoc on lives and justice. >>> putting his best foot forward for more than 50 years. [ singing ] >>> the classic sound of soul. now a new generation, but sticking with a promise - you know i'll still be around. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. a young killer's raging out of control rampage on the streets in southern california - it raised questions about guns and mental illness. six students died in the friday night attack, and a picture of the troubled young man that shot friends and strangers before taking his own life is emerging. what investigators know about the thought of the killer and the eff

. >> chris died because of craven irresponsible politicians, and the n.r.a. >>> could the police havekept the deranged shooter off the street or did the mental health system fail to protect the victim and the killer from his descent into madness >>>

. >> chris died because of craven irresponsible politicians, and the n.r.a. >>> could the police haveept the deranged shooter off the street or did the mental health system fail to protect the victim and the killer from his descent into madness >>>

the problem with the n.r.a. is not allowing commonsense measures to be put in place.s what america wants, commonsense. >> why can't they do that? >> the n.r.a. is about self perpet use. they are trying to survive. they have lasted for 150 years. the tactics that they use will last another 150 years. mayor bloomberg is trying to do there 50 billion of his own money, making internet transport of illegal weapons, trying to tighten that up. it's not the states that is part of it, in new york we have strong gun laws, but the transport from states with strict laws is what contributes significantly to the problem. tom and i talked as a democrat that conversation around getting rid of all the guns in this country, you'll not get rid of the second amendment. it's about the gun laws. the stronger background checks and digging deep into how to get guns out of the hands of the ill. >> the newtown massacre - can we expect the same from leaders in washington. >> we'll have a little conversation, it will not go that deeply. many others that i grew up with died at thehands of guns, i

he blasted the n.r.a. saturday and says he spoke with his son 45 minutes before his death. >> the last victim, the last two are from southern california and sorority sisters 22-year-old kathryn cooper about to graduate with a degree in art history. and 19-year-old veronica weiss, a first year student from west lake village. >> amy hollyfield is in the newsroom with new detail on the investigation and the man behind the rampage and his troubling manifesto. >> we have read over that manifesto and rodger mentioned planning to kill his younger brother so he cannot grow up to surpass him and his step mother. rodger titled the manifesto "my twisted world," and e-mailed it to his parents and therapist before he went on the shooting rampage. his mother and father got in their cars and started driving from los angeles to isla vista but on the way necessity -- they heard of the shootings. the parents were concerned about the video and called authorities and officers had stopped by his apartment. >> they determined h

mentally facility, he was able to legally buy three handguns, adding fuel to the debate between the n.r.aand mental health system. >> the diagnose isn't antexact science and only a handful of those diagnosed might go on a killing spree. >> these are rare occurrences, even though they are catastrophic occurrences. there's no way to study them and predict them with any accuracy. >> that's what complicates the situations. psychiatrists conflict behaviors, but can't predict specific actions and millions of americans suffer with mental health problems, and predicting this kind of behavior again very difficult. >> melissa, thank you. in our next half hour, we will be taking a closer look at elliot roger's history of mental illness and some say there are not enough resources to help people like him before it is too late. >> the a popular tourist area was packed. eight people have been arrested. >> the beach is rated number one as the place to go, a family destination. it is not something that we are all happy about. i mean. this is something that you don't ever want to have in your back yard. i

. >> chris died because of crank, irresponsible politicians and the n.r.a. they talk about gun rights. what about chris's right to live? >> heartbreak from the father of one of the victims in that california killing spree, the focus turning to the briar encounters with police. >> a billionaire businessman wins the landmark election in ukraine, some questioning results because millions in the east didn't vote. >> the time has come to put an end to this situation which has become increasingly unacceptable. >> pope francis winding down his trip to the holy land. some believe he's trying to break downs wall between palestinians and israelis. >> paying tribute to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in washington, d.c. >> welcome to aljazeera america. new daylights are emerging about that deadly killing tree in santa barbara, california. in a video posted on line, 22-year-old elliot rogers said he was frustrated because girls weren't tornadic activitied to him and the massacre would serve as his revenge. there are questions about prior police encounte

. >> chris died because of crank, irresponsible politicians and the n.r.a. talk about gun rights. what about chris's right to live? >> heartbreak from the father of one of the victims in that california killing spree, the focus turning to the briar encounters with police. >> a billionaire businessman wins the landmark election in ukraine, some questio

they control walls and gracious and we've got to take the n.r.a. got we're not afraid of the n.r.a. and their plan. to keep them guns off the streets chicago officials by the. help collect them they hand over one hundred dollars per gun no questions asked. in late june the police superintendent invited reporters to meet him at a secret warehouse five thousand five hundred guns of every caliber were turned in . and. it's a huge contributing factor gun control because the ease by which people can obtain finally being obviously in chicago you can't do as much damage with a golf club scene people do damage with golf clubs as you can with the fire it's a political issue in this country and any time that somebody raises see issue of gun control the immediately get attacked by special interests. needed the police cease fire have managed to curb for a very long bloodshed plaguing chicago day in and day out. and the violence has an upper crust areas like hyde park where the obama family has its own. retired army officer ruth thomas goes there every day to work as a school security guard. fro

you know i was certified by the n.r.a. i summercamp i mean well but it's true i says nothing remarks and i'm a marksman i'm an expert rifleman i was it's the only sport i've ever been good at i was on the referee to make him and he had about us thanks larry thanks so i guess standing can watch what happens there sunday through thursday at eleven pm on probably you can find me on twitter at kings things i see with it. well. it's technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future are covered. you. could. score gore's. finish line at the center on. the. line if. you. are good you. can this past weekend hundreds of thousands of people protested as part of the march against monsanto now if you've seen the monsanto ads then you're probably wondering why would people protest a corporation that clearly produces a dull adorable toddlers and dreams right for the other these protesters anti dreams but you see monsanto is known for more than the toddler factories celebrated in their advertisements they'r

they've targeted this shot by the already been arrested for disorderly conduct at chuck's what is the n.r.a. . and gun manufacturers fight assault hard simple gun registration when you register a car for one reason. money to protect the bubble. they invest heavily in the politicians. they control walls and gracious and we've got to take the n.r.a. got we're not afraid of the n.r.a. . to keep em guns off the streets chicago officials by the. help collect them they hand over one hundred dollars per gun no questions asked. in late june the police superintendent invited reporters to meet him at a secret warehouse five thousand five hundred guns of every caliber were turned in . it's a huge contributing factor comes because the ease by which people can obtain quite a routine obviously in chicago you can't do as much damage with a golf club although i've seen people do damage with golf clubs with a fire it's a political issue in this country and any time that somebody raises see issue of gun control the immediately get attacked by special interests. needed the police nor cease fire have managed t

you know i was certified by the n.r.a. i summercamp i mean. well but it's true i was not there you go marchin i'm a marksman i'm an expert rifleman i was it's the only sport i've ever been good at i was on the referee to make him and he had about us thanks larry thank you i guess standing tall and watch what happens there sundays and thursday at eleven pm on bravo you can find me on twitter at kings things. it's. this was one of washington well it's a mess that is being stressed dad unless. there's a. pan of water so you. actually back to it doesn't do too much to add revenue on biotech agriculture giant song a seventy six year old american farmer based in india. is going to create for the cia do you think this is what's triggering a race because the largest economy while it's also the largest debtor nation in the history of breaking and that is mostly about alternatives to the status quo but once again real alternatives. on the working poor the american dream the next they were just trying to survive it's time for americans and lawmakers in wa

race in north carolina where walter jones, a 20-yearç incumbent, 1% conservative, 100% record with the n.r.ae, bailouts, everythg else, was opposed. they spent $1.2 million in congressional district where that can buy you eight months of television. outspent five to one, walter jones won. i'm telling you, this is the future. walter jones, to his ever lasting credit, voted for the war in iraq, had a crisis of conscience and has written a personal note of condolence to 14,000 people whoç have lost their loved ones in iraq and afghanistan. that's what they clubbed him over the head on. that's theç future. it will be from the right, the left. that's how important money has become in 2014. >> he won. in part, he is deepest in the district. if you hadn't been there 20 years, you're not going to have those kind of roots, but it is a lesson and people in congress, especially in the house, are terrified but they don't need to be. youç can be outspent. they just have to be braver because there is case after case of people gettingç badly outspt and win because they've done their job. >> david, not

it was the n.r.a. and kevin cross. you want to think more left-right than that? i think the whole realignment in our country is ready. but, as i say in this book, and i should quote the obstacles. -- i don't sugar coat the obstacles. as i say, it requires a realization that there is a big majority here that can be put together, left right on very important redirections for our country. host: how many years have you lived in washington? guest: since about 1963. host: do you like it here? guest: i have to like it here because that is where the federal government is. i like the idea that there are not skyscrapers. host: do you have a credit card? guest: no. never. host: how do you travel? guest: travel bureau and i use cash. i don't believe in impulse buying or invading privacy. there is a lot of control you give up when you have credit card and debit cards. unfortunately they are forcing you to do it like try to rent a car with cash and more and more the coercion is pushing from cash. even in taxi occasion. -- even in taxicabs. host: do you own a car? guest: no. hos

look what the stand your ground the stand your ground law was all about money marty it was about the n.r.a. so understands this any time you make a span the gun law anyway whether it's stand your ground whatever it is the n.r.a. in the armaments industry the arms industry makes more money you know ruger sells more guns glock sells more guns it's financial they don't care at all about the fact that innocent people are dying they don't care that this is basically an epidemic in this country yeah i mean i've never really quite understood what the rationale was for the stand your ground there was no real rationale i mean the only rationale is just like a sympathy for the gun industry alec it might have you because you know we already have castle doctrine laws on the books in many states we have self-defense laws if you're under threat or you're in your house and somebody is robbing you have the right violent force necessary there's no reason to extend that out into the public's eyes to be a prosecutor and i can tell you having been a prosecutor it was difficult enough just under the just commo

agree with their speech or not, the sierra club has an absolute right to defend their views as does the n.r.a.

agree with their speech or not, the sierra club has an absolute right to defend their views as does the n.r.a. planned parenthood has a trithe defend its views as does the right to life. that is the way our system operates. and campaign finances reform is about lower the limits, restrict the speech, restrict the speech and what happens is the only is e who can win election incumbent politicians because they have those that raise the money and any challenger has to raise the money. if you don't have an army of thousands and thousands of buppedlers you cannot effectively challenge an incumbent. that is not the unintended effect of these laws, that is the intended effect. we have super pacs that are speaking on the sidelines and you have politicians who play games. they speak since they cannot speak directly under the law they will say who will rid me of this trouble some clerk. if a group is supporting you, you hope what they say bears some resemblance of what you believe but you can't talk to them so if they get it wrong, there is nothing you can do. a far better system would be to allow indiv

the n.r.a. supported it too. as a matter of fact, wane la pierre said, and i quote, our members don't want mental defectives and criminals buying handguns. we support the background checks and support the money to make it work effectively, end quote. but since the unanimous passage of this improvement legislation, congress hasn't come close to appropriating these funds. in f.y. 2013, congress appropriated just $18 million. last year, we started to move in the right direction, increasing funding to almost $59 million. this was a good bump, but it wasn't enough because also last year, almost $20 million in requests from states went unfunded. our states need more resources to get all their information into the system. if we give them the resources, we can stop dangerous people from getting guns and we can save lives. every day our background check system stops more than 170 felons, some 50 domestic abusers and nearly 20 fugitives from buying a gun. but millions of dangerous purchasers could be passing background chec

message violence but that's i mean you know that's all well and good and that's the kind of stuff that the n.r.a. loves but the fact of the matter is that this kid had the best psychiatric care and he had very wealthy parents this isn't a mental health issue this is a too many guns and society issue and don't we cloud this issue by talking about mental health you know i think that certainly we need to talk about mental health in the sense of you know what kind of dangerous behavior are people expressing not just from mental illness but from substance abuse and from many other things you know i think we're taking a good look we have those problems in other societies they don't have as many guns and as many gun killing and the easy access to the unchecked the gun sales that we allow in this country are certainly a part of how people should have a. in the first place are usually about to get one and so you know we are making small steps we have big goals to achieve in america we understand there are big changes that need to have all in all i'm getting there don't think i'm criticizing you what i'm

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they got the house of to vote to ves overrule it. it was left-right. n.r.a. apnd kevin cross. you want to think more than that? i think the whole realignment in .ur country is ready but, as i say in this book, and quote the obstacles. a i say, it requires realization that there is a big majority here that can be put left right on very important redirections for our country. have you many years lived in washington? guest: since about 1963. it here?you like guest: i have to like it here because that is where the federal government is. i like the idea that there are not skyscrapers. card? do you have a credit guest: no. never. host: how do you travel? bureau and i use cash. i don't believe in impulse invading privacy. there is a lot of control you credit when you have card and debit cards. unfortunately they are forcing do it like try to rent a car with cash and more and more from ercion is pushing cash. even in taxi occasion. host: do you own a car? guest: no. host: have you ever owned a car? guest: yes. host: did you buy american or foreign? it was a 1949 studebaker. host: that