>> viggo new york. -- go new york. i have introduced an assault weapons ban for california. we have loopholes that we will address over time. we need new york to address that. but we need the country to do that as well. if the state next yours does not have an assault weapons ban, if they do not have stiffer laws, you know, straw purchasers, which are people who purchase on behalf us someone who cannot and should not have a gun. if we do not have a better background checks and to identify who can and cannot get a gun, then one state doing something is good, a step forward, but not what we need. we need a federal approach. >> do you think congress is cowed by the nra? >> that is pretty clear, isn't it? you know, when you grappa -- when you grow upo -- you know, it is easy to say no to an opponent or to a constituency of the other party. it is tougher to say no to a friend. to a supporter. when you get these jobs, elected to the congress or the legislature or you get elected as mayor, a measure of your oath is when you can look a friend in the eye, someone that he mostly agree