the n.r.a. strength doesn't really come from money it comes from the intensity of an ira members who will vote for or against a candidate just based on whether of a fact that they are where they stand on guns and gun rights now i don't look i don't think that the american political system needs more single interest groups but the there's no substitute for organizing and public argument by people who want stronger gun laws you know if you remember last year after the harbel horrible massacre of those children at newtown there was legislation in front of the senate that was bipartisan it was called mansion to me it was just to strengthen background checks it had the support of ninety percent of the public in all the polls and it failed even though a majority of the senate voted for it it was filibustered so that was more that was not a matter of the constitution that wasn't a matter even of public opinion it was a matter of political will and that's ultimately what's going to have to happen so if y

was too timid the n.r.a. actually tried to block the case because they were worried they might lose but they had sort of prepared the ground. so that when the case did go up to the supreme court it was a five to four ruling it was justice antonin scalia in a way it was his first really big ruling that he'd that he'd been the lead author of and it said that it was just following the original intent of the founding fathers. and you know there's a big debate i don't actually think it follow that original intent but it was a big moment at the supreme court for that reason alone how come nothing have a chance how come the n.r.a. remains so entrenched in congress that they can't get they can override that court ruling. well you know the n.r.a. is a big group it's got a few million members but think about a.a.r.p. or some of these other groups have many more. the n.r.a. strength doesn't really come from money it comes from the intensity of n.r.a. members who will vote for or against a candidate just based on whether

(laughter) (applause) here's where we are, the n.r.a. and the open carry folks support the right to carry weapons wherever you want, even if those weapons are going to terrify everyone around you. here's what else they support. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> jon: see where we are? i think that what we have here is a classic mexican standoff. well, a tex-mexican standoff. and no one else is backing down. >> if you want to do this, you can. if you don't, use your right. >> it scares people to see guys with huge guns. >> stand your ground. what that law says is if you're acting in reasonable belief of fear of great bodily injury or death, then you're allowed to respond to that with deadly force. >> this duty to retreat may sound fine in an ivy league cocktail party, but it doesn't work very well in the real world of crime victims. so what the (bleep) are we supposed to do now! according to the n.r.a.'s basic principles, you have a right to carry a weapon that may cause a reasonable person to be

because we have exponentially more guns unfortunately gun lobby groups like the n.r.a. on't see that insanity that they do they don't want top spy tragedies like newtown and the hundreds of other shootings that involve children each year the n.r.a. continues to insist that children and guns go to great together for years the n.r.a. has been working with gun manufacturers course for the lobbying arm of the gun industry sold it to promote guns to kids just recently the n.r.a. held a convention in indianapolis which included a so-called youth day their pro guns for children and for years the the n.r.a. has sponsored the eddie eagle gun safety program the gun safety program marketing guns to kids or to the n.r.a. zone website eddie eagle gun safe program is an easy to remember message if you see a gun stop don't touch leave the area tell an adult first everyone knows how hard it is to get a child to look but don't touch but more importantly it's quite clear that easy to remember message isn't working more and more children are ending up in hospitals or morgues every year in

that changed as the n.r.a. lobbied and it became a discussion, and anthone schellia rites his response, and that changed everything. >> he was respond k, and the supreme court was responding to a t-book campaign waged by the n.r.a. and other gun rights supporters in the 1970s, to change the way we saw the provision, and constitutional law. there was a lot of people who wept back and looked -- went back and looked at the error and said "it moons an individual -- moons an individual right", and they moved public opinion. it shifted, it's a common view. >> and then eventually the common law. >> it's rarely turned around. at this point there have been a bunch of efforts to restrict gun rights within the supreme court's decision. is that what we'll see. we are seeing legislatures taking action, but courts deciding that some are more constitutional, and some aren't. seems we'll be in for a long back and forth. >> alexis, a writer of america said sooner or later every question in america wind up a lawsuit. that was in

but by not unconditionally supporting these men, the n.r.a. tabbing all gun lovers in the back, when it should be shooting us in the front. that's why the organization behind the chipotle photos open-carry texas is firing back. on their facebook site, they challenged the n.r.a. saying, "if they do not retract their disgusting and disrespectful comments, o.c.t. will have no choice but to withdraw its full support of the n.r.a. and establish relationships with other gun rights organizations that fight for all gun rights." yes, all gun rights. do you know some guns aren't even allowed to vote? (laughter) and o.c.t. has plenty of other pro-gun groups to join like "texas carry," "gun rights across america," and "come and take it texas." (laughter) great group, by the way... don't try to "come and take it." nation, i've long warned you about the dangers of global warming. melting ice caps, rising seas, reusable grocery bags. (laughter) now what's gonna get caught in trees? and folks, yesterday, we got one step closer to the nightmare scenario of doin

the range and shops it was operating out of received so much backlash from the n.r.a.nd other activists that they are no longer working together or willing to sell its products. we asked the n.r.a. to speak to us about the opposition to the ip1 and other smart guns. they declined. david hikingin both am, a gun writer and reviewer tracks and cit ekes new firearms and understand why the gun lobby is against technology. >> you have to access the gun, the gun has to work instantaneously. this is an industry that measures success by hundreds of a second. talk to law enforcement. they talk about the response time, the split time between shots, how fast can you make one shot or follow up shots. how accurately can they be made. beyond that you trust your firearm to your watch. what if someone overpowers you. >> if this is taken from you and the person is larger. one thing you can do is we can manually deactivate the handgun. if i knew of you and i, and you take the gun. all i need to do is press the same button, i press it down. deactivate. >> that's like a panic button on the

all three of whom by the way were armed which kind of blows up the n.r.a. thing about the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun both police officers were armed and the guy he got who was killed in the mall was had a concealed carry permit and was trying to disarm jerad miller one when his girlfriend stepped up behind the guy and shot him but anyhow here's the clip has come out of jury jerad miller at the bundy ranch check this out. i feel sorry for any federal agents that want to come in here and try to push us around or anything like that i really don't want violence toward them but if they're going to bring violence to us well if that's the language they want to speak we'll learn it. now there probably wouldn't have been anybody at the bundy ranch or sean hannity hadn't pluck this guy out of obscurity and then fox done a twenty four seven you know whatever i mean they were there. hannity kept trying to talk about you know is this going to be the next waco is this going to the next ruby ridge oh boy oh boy. what does this say a

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or you're saying his own just act as a bunch of republicans who are in the pocket of the n.r.a. tried to pass once they were elected by that people these are the guys who are elected by the people it's not just that i consider to be everywhere i had already said and i'm sorry to back but you know not elected to loosen our gun laws they in fact the vast majority of americans would like to see the gun show loophole closed over ninety percent of americans that the vaccine well they know you can sort of closing like to see background checks with the n.r.a. is instead pasmore i would i would just have to mean if you did that you would not see a very steep drop in violent crime i don't think you would you would have to start confiscating guns then nobody would ever doubt you don't want to watch because that's what your dog is known as bang bang battle in the it let me. take the. you are making my point hangup but it's a good base you are making my point but it's ok as you are making my point it's all based in new york city it is two and a fairy tale and someone gets killed and you don'

. >> what role did the n.r.a. play. they played a classic role in changing the constitution. in the 1970s, there was a revolt in cincinnati, a new leadership was voted in, converting it to a crusade to a second amendment. if you go to the headquarters of the n.r.a. in virginia, there on the wall is the second amendment. they have to look closely. they edited out the part about the well-regulated militia. they and other gun rights, supporters produced scholarship. they moved public opinion. over time it's the mainstream view that is is an individual right. going to the court of public opinion, winning before you go to the court of law. >> so that matters. >> that matters. >> it's not the law, the letter of the law, not the strict interpretation of the constitution. it's what the judge tells us, justices tell us. the justice says it. it's not that they are reading public opinion polls. what we think as americans changes how the justices rule. think about gay marriage or civil rights or campaign finance laws, where they strike down the laws. all reflect activism and the push and

they just have to do everything else first. >> reporter: for decades the n.r.a.'line has sounded a lot like what i heard from rich wyatt, a gun store owner in denver. >> more guns equals less crime. it's inevitable. it's proven throughout this country. >> what we can tell from the studies of the data is that that's completely wrong. is that where there are more guns there seems to be a the lot more gun crime. >> reporter: which brings us back to president obama's line about crazy people and mass shootings, in fact although they account for a fraction of the gun violence in the u.s. stopping these horrifying and high-profile crimes would surely make us feel safer. but the way the second amendment is interpreted today just about any american has access to deadly force any time they want it. paul, al jazerra, new york. >>> and in an already crowded smart phone field, amazon says they have what it takes to standout. the on lane retailer has come up with its own branded mobile device to challenge apple, samsung and htc. al jazerra was there for the unveiling. >> i am e

was titled is the illegal alien invasion a smart reason to buy a firearm so you know right out of the n.r.a. or something the release also notes that nearly forty percent of u.s. border patrol agents are actually on the border instead they're filling out paperwork or moving immigrant chaney's around makes a lot of sense i'm surprised that sixty percent of them are actually on the border i mean in any police department you've got a lot of cops who are doing paperwork and who are doing. straight of workers who are watching the jail and who are you know not just necessarily out of the police car but anyhow is the conservative solution for illegal immigration really for everybody to get a good. conservative i mean first of all anyone that sends you a press release i'm sure you know doesn't need to be taken seriously you know let me you know there's a good reason for a high profile figure out this saying whether or not to end their interviews to be imminent the good news is you can have a gun even if you want to i mean definitely i don't think if you are surrounded by brown people that's a legit

much of that has to do with gun violence because obama himself says politicians are terrified of the n.r.a. do you think that's true. i think that certainly is part of it i mean it's obviously a very complicated issue and you know i'm not a constitutional lawyer to be sure but. certainly there's a facet of the american culture in american politics where gun ownership is you know is in trying our laws and trying in our in our culture so it's a very difficult issue to tackle united states relative to other nations so compared to other industrialized nations we tend to have relatively liberal gun laws compared to say the united kingdom war australia or a nation such as that. and that has made it a bit more difficult to tackle these issues related to gun violence now now in fairness it's important point as we're talking about this issue that gun violence in the united states actually is down it actually is quite a bit lower than it was even a decade or two ago but it seems to be that these mass shooting events tend not to be following that trend for reasons that are not very well understood bu

on tuesday the n.r.a. apologized for a state been published on its website called gun rights protesters in texas weird and scary as saban came after gun activists in the state brought assault rifles into busy restaurants and retail stores to show off their open carry rights for a moment there look like wayne la pierre and company were actually being reasonable but yesterday the n.r.a. is director of legislative action chris cox called back his group statement saying that it wasn't the n.r.a. his job to criticize the wall full behavior of fellow gun. now the truth is an alert went out that referred to this type of behavior as weird or somehow not normal and that was a mistake it shouldn't happen i've had a discussion with the staffer who wrote that piece and expressed his personal opinion and our jobs not to criticize the lawful behavior of fellow gun owners our job grovel much mr cox since apologized there's been a lot of talk about how the n.r.a. can't escape the more radical parts of the gun movement you

the n.r.a. apoll quiffed. en yair advocates have a texas-some time omplaint. >> reporter: you have a holster. >> and as you can see, it's empty. >> 44 of the 54 u.s. states allow americans to hold a handgun. texas allows concealed handguns and rifles and shotgun is not one of them. there's an exception. texas says this is a firearm. this civil war era pistol is not. many open carriers carry replicas of old school black powder revolvers as they carry the law. >> when i enter a gun free zone i don't feel safe. i feel safer, because it gives me the ability to protect my life and my family life. the only solution it a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. as the movement has a good shot at liberalizing the state's gun laws. >>> lady justice blindfolded relies on eyewitness testimony. what happens when the witness get it wrong. the episode of "the system" explores how faulty testimony tips the scales in the wrong direction. >> every day in this country thousands of suspects are identified by eye witnesses. a

the n.r.a. apologised.n carry activists have a texas-style complaint. >> if i opened-carried my handgun, i would be considered a fellion. >> you have a holster there. >> and as you see it's empty. >> reporter: 44 of the states allow americans to carry weapons open openly. somehow texas allowing concealed handguns is not one of them. there's an exception. texas says that is a firearm. this civil war era pistol is not. many open car yours carry replicas of black powder revolvers as they try to implement the war. i'm safer when i carry a firearm, it gives me the ability to protect my life and my family's life. >> the only solution to a bad guy with a gun? >> is a good buy with a bun. >> reporter: as the movement gains momentum. the open carry tex jps have a good -- texans have a good shot. >>> i witness testimony, many think of it as critical. what happens when the witness gets it wrong. "the system" explores what happens. >> every day thousand are identified by eyewitnesss. a shocking number get it wrong. two

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people say the n.r.a. says we've got a mental health problem in america americans feel in secure americans are frightening americans are freaked out and some of the by most and they take in guns so so you know now obama said no we actually don't have a corner on crazy people in america we actually are four percent the world's population we have fifty one percent of the world's guns in and you know private hands but setting that aside if you're going to try to make an argument that people are stressed out. course that's that's that's not the argument i'm suggesting i said that you didn't see any increase in utilization therefore demonstrating there wasn't this actual need but only other hand the cost associated with implementing just this measure just this one measure allowing people who are or saying to only a providers they must let you keep people long to age twenty six that came with significant economic costs the study that shows companies are all making our head office that are the day to day insurance

the student was doing research in a library when he noticed the n.r.a.'he school computer but the website for the state democratic party and also planned parenthood not blocked. the student brought it to the school board's attention this week. the district says it will investigate. what do you think of that? >> talk about the magic touch, the magician on "america's got talent" going viral. look at this. >> that's amazing! ♪ ♪ >> because i am ghetto. >> very cool. he is a retired marine. the video has gotten more than five million views in a week. how about that. he actually served in combat operations, he says in iraq as a marine. he's not retired. he is just no longer in the marine corps. >> when he came out howie mandel thanked him for his service and then did the most incredible magic act i've seen. >> we've got to bring him on the show. >> i will say this. my unofficial -- i'm not an expert on it but i never saw judges and hosts get along better than "america's got talent." they seem to really like each other. >> although we get along with judge napol

it is supported by 92% of the american people. n.r.a. the , n boehner, eric cantor kevin mccarthy, cathy mcmorris are honorable people. they know what the right thing to do is, and the right thing here, whatever side you come is, to give ssue the people in the people's house a vote. how many more times are we going to hear the pleas from crying out for a gress to take action, in body where many people pride themselves on the right to life , why would we not rise to do everything we can to protect our schoolchildren? when i was growing up, we used to have drills because we were fearful of nuclear annihilation by russia. today our schools go through routine lockdown drills for . ar of our own citizens congress has got to act or congress, as i've said before on this floor, is duplicitous in every single tragedy that takes place. duplicitous because of its inaction. it is the morally right thing do to cast a vote however you feel on this issue, and there are strong feelings about and ut the american people clearly the families of these ictim

the people. 90% of whom want us to pass background checks. take assault weapons. most americans support banning military style assault weapons. 81% of voters, 71% of gun owners, 60% of n.r.a. members. we should pass senator feinstein's legislation now. and do the work the american people want us to do. how about high capacity magazines clips. 72% of voters say we should ban the sale of high capacity ammunition magazineses. take mental health. lawmakers on both sides support taking action. let's do it now. take school safety. i authored the bill on that with senator collins to give them the resources they need to make schools safer. take it up and pass it. and don't load it up with controversy. pass the things we need to pass. do it for these families and god knows all the others that are suffering and crying themselves to sleep every single night, bearing a loss that will never go away. now, here's the situation. in this particular case, we had the family of the gunman who committed the massacre call the police and say we're very worried about our son. it's haunting to me, it's haunting to me. they had a feeling about it and they called the police. and the police went in

over half the n.r.a. members support that. so what i'm saying, okay, mr. republican leader, if you want a vote on your e.p.a. amendment, fine. you want a simple majority, we'll take that, but let's have simple majority on these other issues we feel are extremely important to help the middle class. in exchange for simple majority on legislation, i repeat, legislation, mr. president, that is so timely -- minimum wage, student loans, equal pay for men and women, energy efficiency legislation, background checks for gun purchases. so in exchange for a simple majority on those votes, why don't we have simple vote on those, a majority vote on those and on your e.p.a. amendment. it's only fair that bills blocked by the mcconnell rule be granted the same treatment as the republican leader's own legislation. to do otherwise would be unjust to the many senators who introduced legislation important to american families. i hope we can come to quick agreement on this offer and move to an open amendment process on these appropriations bills. the republicans would be happ