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[soft music]
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It was a normal
Friday to start with.
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You know get the kids up
give them their breakfast.
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Dylan went to the
Sandy Hook School.
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That day I put my
boys on the bus and
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then my friend was
calling and she said,
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"Nicole, it's a shooting
and it's at our school."
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It was the day
after Thanksgiving.
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I was at my family's
home in Chicago.
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My son was with his
father in Florida.
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I picked up the phone
and there was just this,
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this dead silence.
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And I said, "Where's Jordan,
what happened to Jordan?"
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And that's when Jordan's
dad said Jordan's been shot.
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[gun shoots]
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You're 25 times more likely
to die by gun violence
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in the United States of America
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than any other developed
nation in the world.
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What does this say
about us as Americans
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if we're just willing
to let people die?
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Because we're afraid of the NRA?
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There's no other single issue
lobby in the United States
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that has had as much
success advancing its agenda
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against the wishes of the
majority of the country.
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- Gun violence is taking
lives at a historic rate.
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It's only getting
worse and worse,
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and yet we're focused on
the right to bear arms
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and not the right to live.
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[gunshots]
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- The NRA has managed to
convince millions of Americans
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that when people get
killed in gun violence,
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that is the price of freedom.
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Why has that happened?
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We have to start
unpacking their myths.
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[Man] David Keene.
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[Slate Claps]
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I'm Dave Keene.
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I was president of the
National Rifle Association
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from 2011 to 2013.
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I continue to serve
on the NRA board,
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as I have since 2000.
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I've been in politics in
Washington and nationally
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for more than 40 years.
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I've been involved
in one way or another
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with every major battle over
gun rights in this country.
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At the NRA, what you have
to do is try to every day
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advance and protect the
rights of gun owners.
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- No, you shall not
take the freedoms
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bequeathed to us from us.
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We will go to the ballot box.
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We will demonstrate,
we will organize.
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We will do everything
it is necessary to do
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to protect those rights.
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[audience applauds]
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- Americans came to
this country, survived
on the frontier,
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protected their families.
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They knew that if
they got into trouble,
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help was probably
not gonna come.
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And so they developed
this self-reliance.
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Gun control is not
simply about guns.
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It's about an assault on
values and an image of America
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that believers in the
Second Amendment hold dear.
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It's an attack, not
just on the guns.
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It's an attack on them.
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It's an attack on
their lifestyle.
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It's an attack on the country
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and the values that the
founders cared about.
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It was George
Washington who said,
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"Every citizen should be armed."
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- [Man] The NRA wants
you to believe a fantasy
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about our founding in which
our founding fathers believed
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that there should be no
regulation of firearms.
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That couldn't be
further from the truth.
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[gun shoots]
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It is absolutely clear
that our founding fathers
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loved gun control.
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They in fact had loads of it.
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- From our very earliest
days in the 1600s
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through the 20th century,
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there were literally
thousands of gun laws,
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and they were gun laws of
every imaginable variety.
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[Sen. Murphy] We had rules
on who can own a weapon
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and who couldn't.
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You had to register your weapon,
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you had to register
your gunpowder.
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You couldn't bring your
weapons certain places.
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[Spitzer] When we think
about the American West,
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you think of it as
a lawless period
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where everybody carried a gun
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and that it was guns
that won the West.
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And that's really not the
story of the West at all.
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The norm was strict regulation
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and prohibition of gun carrying.
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That's why in recent years
even Justice Antonin Scalia,
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a very conservative member
of the Supreme Court,
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made very clear that
the Second Amendment
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wasn't an unlimited right.
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- How far does that
constitutional right go?
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- Limitations upon the
right to keep and bear arms
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are permissible
because there were some
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that were acknowledged
at the time.
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[Spitzer] We think today
of this great battle
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between those who
support gun rights
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versus those who want
stronger gun laws,
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but in the first 300
years of our history,
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that was not how it was.
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[Smyth] When the NRA
was founded in 1871
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they took no position on
gun control whatsoever
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because they saw no need.
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I started covering the National
Rifle Association in 1994.
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The National Rifle
Association was founded
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in order to deal with
future possible threats
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involving European
military forces.
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They organized
shooting competitions
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to improve the
skills on the range,
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which could then be
applied to the battlefield.
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[Man] The fact that the
high level of marksmanship
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is maintained and that a
continuous program of training
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and education is carried forward
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is the result of the work of
the National Rifle Association.
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[Smyth] And that remained
their main focus,
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riflery and later hunting to
expand the shooting sports
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for over a century
before the NRA changed.
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[Reporter] The President's car
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is now turning onto Elm Street.
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And it will be only
a matter of minutes
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before he arrives
at the Trademark.
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[gunshots]
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It appears as though
something has happened
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in the motorcade route.
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[Reporter 2] President
Kennedy has been assassinated.
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It's official now.
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- The 1960s is a
decade in which the gun
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comes to symbolize
the chaos and disunity
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that the nation is
experiencing as a whole.
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- For the first
time, you get signs
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that there's going to be a
push for racial equality.
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♪ Black is beautiful
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You get signs that
there's going to be a push
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to say women have equal rights.
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And you also see
at the same time
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this incredible upsurge
of dramatic gun violence.
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- From the assassination
of John F. Kennedy,
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to the assassination
of Malcolm X
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Martin Luther
King, Medgar Evers.
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[gunshot]
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There's also the mass shooting
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at the University of
Texas, Austin in 1966
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that begins the age
of mass shootings.
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It's a decade that's
awash in police violence.
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Most of the urban unrest
is tied in some way
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to firearms and to shootings.
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My first true understanding
of what gun violence does
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was when Martin Luther
King Jr was assassinated.
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I distinctly remember watching
my father be so distraught
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and my mother sobbing.
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Because he represented freedom.
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[Franks] It's not a coincidence
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that the assassinations
of the 1960s
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are against people who
are representing progress.
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Every time it seems
that there is some group
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that is going to rise up and
say, "We are Americans too.
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And we deserve the same
rights as everyone else."
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That's the point at which
violence breaks out.
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[Spitzer] The upsurge in
violence shocks the country
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and spurs calls for
new, stronger gun laws.
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[Pres. Johnson] I
call upon the Congress
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in the name of sanity
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to give America the gun
control law America needs.
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[rifle shots]
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- NRA members and gun rights
activists arose in the 1960s,
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not just in response
to the rising tide
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of support for gun control,
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but also in response
to the political
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and social movements
of that time.
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Those movements threatened the
status of a lot of white men.
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[Keene] It wasn't until what
we now call the culture wars
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broke out back then
that gun ownership
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and the Second Amendment
became a matter of controversy.
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[Shop Owner] Restrictive
legislation at the present time
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is the initial step to the
takeover of this country.
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[Keene] At that point
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a fight took place within the
National Rifle Association.
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[Smyth] You had one element
focused on the shooting sports
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and they were not
interested in politics.
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You had another
element of the NRA
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starting to raise the
alarm about gun rights.
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[Keene] Some NRA members
believed the goal
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was to abolish firearms
in the United States.
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They realized unless
you do something
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you're not gonna have the
right to have a firearm.
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- We stand in the
forefront of millions
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of those people in
America who like to shoot.
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[Igor Volsky] These
new voices in the NRA
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are led by a man by the
name of Harlon Carter.
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- We believe that the
right to keep and bear arms
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is a salient part of
the American tradition.
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[Volsky] Carter believed that
every gun control measure
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violated true American identity
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and principles of
individualism and freedom
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and began organizing
NRA members.
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[Reporter] The NRA
has been campaigning
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against the gun laws,
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fearing it might curtail
their members' activities.
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[NRA Rep] We have sent a letter
to our entire membership.
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[Reporter] By
sending instructions
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on how members were to
write their congressmen
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the NRA had clearly launched
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a very effective
lobbying campaign.
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- Harlon Carter wanted
to take the activities
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that the NRA had been supporting
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for over a century in
the shooting sports
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and co-opt all of that activity
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into their gun rights agenda.
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[Robert Kennedy] The
nation and sportsmen
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have been subjected to a
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massive publicity campaign
against this bill.
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This campaign has misled
thousands of our citizens.
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It is a responsibility to think
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not only of our own convenience,
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but of the tragedy
of sudden death.
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[gunshot]
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[crowd chattering]
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[Reporter] Senator
Kennedy has been shot.
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[Reporter] The National
Rifle Association of America
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is under siege today.
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[Matthew Lacombe]
After the high-profile
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political assassinations,
a lot of Americans began
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to see the NRA as
this organization
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that is responsible
for preventing
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the passage of strong
regulations on guns.
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[Smyth] Under pressure,
the NRA came around
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to support the Gun
Control Act of 1968.
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[audience applauds]
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We've come here to
the cabinet room today
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to sign the most
comprehensive gun control law
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ever signed in this
nation's history.
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[Volsky] The Gun Control
Act of 1968 was a measure
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that for the first time
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created categories of
prohibited purchasers.
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[crowd applauds]
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[Volsky] There were
leaders within the NRA
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who didn't have a significant
problem with that law
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and thought the organization
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had strayed too far
from its original intent
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of marksmanship and
sports shooting.
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They gutted its lobbying shop,
fired about 60 individuals.
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[Smyth] This was the Old Guard
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and they were interested in
moving the NRA out of Washington
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to shift the focus of the NRA
away from politics completely.
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[intense music]
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Harlon Carter ended
up leaving the NRA
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and accusing the
NRA of betrayal.
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He truly believed
that gun rights
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was the most important
issue facing America.
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[Williams] There's a
deeper history with Harlon
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that goes back to a
murder he committed
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when he was just 17 years old.
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He had killed a young
Mexican named Ramon Casiano
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in an act of vigilantism
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for which he will ultimately
be convicted of murder
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but have that sentence
vacated by a judge who felt
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the jury had not been properly
advised about self-defense.
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[Smyth] Harlon Carter changed
the vowel in his first name
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from "Harlan" to
"Harlon" and in doing so
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managed to keep his murder
conviction quiet for 50 years.
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In the 1950s he had been
a border patrol officer
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and the border patrol chief
using truly draconian measures.
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[Man] You're
talking Harlon about
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being able to carry a
handgun around in your belt.
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And you're saying
that is a liberty
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that I demand at the expense
of 25,000 lives per year.
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[Carter] The price of those
lives I put up against my right
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to the presumption of innocence,
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my right against
self-incrimination
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under the Fifth Amendment,
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the right of due process
under the Fifth Amendment
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that the government
can't seize my property
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without due process.
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Those things are worth all the
lives you will ever pay for.
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So this man, this former
convicted murderer,
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this man who advocated
extreme positions
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as a border patrol chief, this
man believed that gun rights
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are more important than
the toll of gun violence.
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- And I respectfully
submit to you,
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that if we can ever
embark upon the principle
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that because a liberty
might be abused
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the government can restrict
it, restrain it, or abolish it,
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ladies and gentlemen you
have lost everything.
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[audience Applauds]
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[Anchor] The National Rifle
Association convention
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in Cincinnati went into
overtime last night
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a stormy all night session.
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[Smyth] Harlon Carter
plotted and organized
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to take over the NRA.
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Back then the NRA elections
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were conducted in person
at the annual meetings,
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and he managed to get more
than 500 of his supporters
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to travel to Cincinnati
for this meeting.
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[Man] If you take my rifles,
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my shotgun and my
pistols away from me
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then what are you going
to do then after that?
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Take the pocket knives,
the hunting knives?
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You know where's
the stopping point?
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[Smyth] You had a convention
floor that was rowdy.
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Carter had deployed his
followers in the audience
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equipped with walkie talkies
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so that he could give his
lieutenants the orders
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about which way
they needed to vote.
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The old guard was caught
completely unaware
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and ill prepared,
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and they ended up
firing the old guard,
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every one of them, one by one,
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getting themselves elected as
the new leaders of the NRA.
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This is the founding of the
modern NRA who believes that
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almost any form of gun
control must be opposed.
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Any national gun law no matter
how innocent in appearance
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no matter how simple it might be
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presupposes a still further
growth in a centralized
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computerized gun control
bureaucracy in Washington, DC.
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[Smyth] The NRA in '77
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implemented a practice
of total control.
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The entire organization
was restructured
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so that everything went
up the chain of command.
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Independent voices
would not be allowed
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because they had a
political gun rights agenda,
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and they wanted to make sure
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that everything they did
supported this agenda.
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[gunshots]
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[audience applauds]
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[Volsky] NRA membership
really exploded.
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It grew by something over 300%.
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[Reporter] This is
headquarters in Washington,
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plush, computerized,
heavily staffed,
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well-funded and
geared for action.
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[Volsky] The NRA began to
use the Second Amendment
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as the bedrock for arguing
against gun control measures.
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They're gonna wrap any
argument in the American flag.
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[Reporter] Here at the
organization's convention
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there are pamphlets citing
the Second Amendment,
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posters and booths.
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It's all part of the
NRA's lobbying effort
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against gun control legislation.
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[Smyth] The NRA started
hiring paid scholars
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to start writing articles
in law journals to shift
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the way the American
system of jurisprudence
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and the courts look at
the Second Amendment.
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[Keene] The Second Amendment
is not about hunting rabbits.
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It's about self-defense.
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It's about self-reliance.
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It's about all the things
that the founders cared about.
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Our job is to say, here is a
threat to the Second Amendment.
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Our members know when they
hear that, they rise up.
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[Williams] Harlon
Carter recognized
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the tremendous
potential of the NRA
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as an organization
that can lobby,
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an organization that can
have political influence,
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an organization that can
amass a great deal of power.
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[Keene] The main sponsor of
the Gun Control Act of 1968
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was Senator Joe Tydings.
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He was supposed to be
a slam-dunk candidate
for reelection.
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Then all of a sudden he found
that he was being attacked
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by all these gun owners.
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Joe Tydings lost, and he lost
because of the gun issue.
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That was the first
political scalp on the wall.
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That served as a wakeup call
to the political community,
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because the difference
between gun owners and others
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is that gun owners
actually vote.
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My name is Matt Lacombe.
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I'm currently unpacking
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why the NRA's members are
so politically active.
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I collected about 80 years
of the NRA's magazines.
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The American Riflemen is
the NRA's official journal.
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It's the most widely circulated
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firearms-related magazine
in the United States.
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I digitized those
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and used a tool called
structural topic modeling,
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a fancy computer algorithm
to take all the documents
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and to group them
together into topics.
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There was a topic
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that was clearly related
to the Second Amendment.
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Also a topic called
Americanism and Guns.
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There was also clearly a
topic related to crime.
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I was then able to plot
the substantive ideas
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that the NRA pushed over time.
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The NRA has played a
singular and important role
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in cultivating an identity
around gun ownership,
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in which guns are not simply
tools that a lot of folks use
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but instead are
symbols of who they are
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what they value and how they
view their place in the world.
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The NRA has taken this
identity around gun ownership
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and politically weaponized it.
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We see the NRA portraying
gun control as threats
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to who its members
and supporters are.
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When people's identities
feel threatened
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they're much more
likely to take action.
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This gun-centric
ideology enabled the NRA
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to align with the Republican
Party when the time was right.
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[Host] David Keene, southern
coordinator for Reagan
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last year, what do you
think the Republican Party
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needs to do to
resuscitate itself?
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[Keene] It should be
based on an opposition
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to government involvement
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and interference with the
family and individual life.
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[Keene] Ronald Reagan
emerged as a hero
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to most people on the right
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and certainly to
most gun owners.
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He was of course an outdoorsman
himself and a gun owner
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and recognized these things.
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[Pres. Reagan] Tales of
Wild West men and women
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are woven into the
dreams of our youth
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and the standards we aim to
live by in our adult lives.
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You know what they are,
words like self-reliance,
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personal initiative,
those bedrock values
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that made America great.
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[crowd noises]
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[Volsky] It is not surprising
that the first presidential
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candidate that the NRA
endorsed was Ronald Reagan,
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who came from Hollywood,
starred in many cowboy movies.
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- You wanted law and
order in this town.
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You got it.
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I'll shoot the first man
that starts for those steps.
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[gunshot]
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[Volsky] He personified
this myth that the NRA told
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that the country is
built on individualism,
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on manifest destiny,
and that those notions
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were rooted in
firearm ownership.
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[Man] The NRA are
the type of people
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who stand for this country.
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[Man 2] They are
patriotic Americans
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interested in preserving our
heritage and our American way.
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[Reporter] It was an
appreciative crowd
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that heard President
Ronald Reagan today
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reinforce their philosophy
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and tell them what
they wanted to hear.
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[Reagan] We will never
disarm any American
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who seeks to protect his
family from fear and harm.
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[audience applause]
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[Williams] The story
of Reagan and the NRA
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really it goes back to 1967.
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Reagan had been
governor of California
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during the passage
of the Mulford Act.
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[Caroline Light] The Mulford
Act criminalized the open carry
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of firearms and was designed
specifically to disenfranchise
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and to disarm members of
the Black Panther Party
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for Self-Defense, because they
were demonstrating in public
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carrying firearms openly
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to shed a spotlight
on police violence
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against black and brown
people in California.
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[Man] You have no right to
take my gun away from me.
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- There is absolutely no reason
why out on the street today
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a civilian should be
carrying a loaded weapon.
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[Williams] Throughout
our history
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the fear that African-Americans
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could have access to firearms
and use those firearms
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to the detriment of
whites is pervasive.
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So what you see from the very
beginning in American history
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are very stringent
laws to prevent the
ownership of firearms
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by people of color,
like The Black Codes,
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and this is gonna be
a theme that will run
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all the way up into the 1960s
when we get The Mulford Act.
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- The NRA helped draft
the legislation itself
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to make sure those
new laws were passed.
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- Ultimately the motivation
behind their support
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it really boils down to race.
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Many argue that this
isn't really an attempt
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to deal with the issue of guns
as much as it is an attempt
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to scapegoat communities
of color for the violence
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that's overtaking the
nation in that moment.
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[Light] It's all part and
parcel of a longer arc
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of the NRA's support
for the criminalization
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of certain populations'
access to firearms.
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[Williams] In the 1980s this
fear overtakes the nation,
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and Reagan will
campaign successfully
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on this idea that
Americans aren't safe,
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that you need to reinvest
in law and order.
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- Guns don't make criminals.
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Hardcore criminals use
guns, and locking them up,
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the hardcore criminals up,
and throwing away the key
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is the best gun control
law we could ever have.
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[audience applauds]
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[Reporter] NRA
spokesmen acknowledged
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that part of their
new membership comes
not from sportsmen,
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their traditional members,
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but from people
worried about crime.
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- Crime is the important thing.
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I think that's what the
people are interested in.
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[Williams] Gun rights
activists concerned about crime
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always decouple that
conversation from the poverty
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that accompanies the
decline of American cities.
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Industry is moving out of the
inner city to the suburbs.
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People have less space
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and they're competing for
fewer resources and fewer jobs.
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Those pressures create a
powder keg in American cities.
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[Greg Jackson] Where
you see gun violence
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that's most rampant, root
causes are most rampant.
499
00:27:58,476 --> 00:28:02,580
The response in our
country has been
500
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:05,016
to intensify our law
and order approach.
501
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:10,188
[Woman] It cannot be
that every black male
502
00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:12,590
between 18 and 25
belongs to a gang.
503
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,893
And yet when you see
an arrest invariably
504
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:15,927
that's what you see.
505
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:20,865
[Jackson] The '80s and
'90s showed us that
506
00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:22,000
you can't meet a
public health crisis
507
00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:25,170
with criminal law enforcement
and carceral strategies
508
00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:27,839
and expect it to work.
509
00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:31,376
Even in current times
we always start with
510
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,345
how do we manage a threat
versus how do we save lives
511
00:28:34,412 --> 00:28:37,048
of those who are most impacted.
512
00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:43,121
Right now black youth are 14
times more likely to be shot
513
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:45,790
or killed by firearms than
white youth in America.
514
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:48,793
And as a survivor
of gun violence
515
00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:50,361
I've seen that people
in our communities
516
00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:53,131
are the ones paying the price
517
00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:54,799
for this quote unquote "freedom"
518
00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:58,069
that advocates from the
NRA are talking about.
519
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:01,473
[subway running]
520
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:03,975
[Anchor] It is Christmas
Eve in New York
521
00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,111
and the talk of the town
is not peace on earth
522
00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:07,779
but the violence among us.
523
00:29:07,879 --> 00:29:09,714
This time in the subways,
where a vigilante and his gun
524
00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:12,217
brought terror
this past weekend.
525
00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:15,653
[Smyth] There are a number of
cases that are instrumental
526
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,623
in the beliefs of
the modern NRA.
527
00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:21,459
One of them was the
Bernard Goetz shooting.
528
00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:22,560
[Reporter] A passenger on
the New York City subway,
529
00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:25,897
a white man, said
four black teenagers
530
00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:29,067
wielding screwdrivers
pressed him for $5.
531
00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:32,403
He shot all four then fled
through the subway tunnel.
532
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,239
[Reporter] The shot severed
Darrell Cabey's spinal cord
533
00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:36,908
paralyzing him for life.
534
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:43,081
[Smyth] The NRA defended
Mr. Goetz as a way of
535
00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:46,684
putting their own stamp on
gun rights through his case.
536
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,020
[Reporter] The National
Rifle Association today
537
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,923
began running ads in New
York City newspapers,
538
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:55,093
ads that say law-abiding
citizens have the right
539
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,363
to protect themselves because
the city no longer does.
540
00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,265
- The greatest single
deterrent to crime
541
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:03,334
is an armed citizen.
542
00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:05,503
[Williams] Bernie Goetz
is hailed as a hero
543
00:30:05,603 --> 00:30:07,872
and lost in that
conversation was the fact
544
00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:10,341
that Bernie Goetz was
carrying that gun illegally.
545
00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:13,011
- Four young blacks
wounded by a white gunman
546
00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:13,878
and the cheering hasn't stopped.
547
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:18,383
- We're tired of
being pushed around.
548
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:21,953
[Woman] Three cheers
for him. Three cheers.
549
00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:24,989
[Williams] People see
him as a vigilante,
550
00:30:25,056 --> 00:30:27,158
who's had enough and
is going to fight back,
551
00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:28,893
guns down these four teenagers
552
00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,628
including famously saying to
one of them after he shot him,
553
00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:33,865
"You don't look like
you're hurt too bad,
554
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:34,866
here's another one."
555
00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,804
I remember how I felt going
into the city after that
556
00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:41,739
and it felt like
it was open season.
557
00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:45,143
You had to think differently
558
00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:49,814
about the way that you
showed up in public places.
559
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:50,982
It was clear in
the way that people
560
00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:55,820
talked about that case what
the line of demarcation was.
561
00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:57,322
And it was the fact
that Bernie Goetz
562
00:30:57,388 --> 00:30:59,924
who was white, shot
four black teenagers.
563
00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:06,497
Society bought the narrative
that was promoted by the NRA
564
00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:09,834
that armed white men could
solve the problems of America
565
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:12,337
in going out and
killing the bad guys.
566
00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:20,011
In that moment, Wayne LaPierre
rises to national attention
567
00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:24,449
when he petitions to vacate
Bernie Goetz's conviction,
568
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,451
because he argues
that Bernie Goetz
569
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,019
had acted in self-defense.
570
00:31:29,287 --> 00:31:32,023
[Wayne LaPierre] Any firearm
has a legitimate self-defense
571
00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:34,425
purpose when a criminal
is trying to rape, rob,
572
00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:36,027
or injure the victim.
573
00:31:38,529 --> 00:31:41,399
[Rob Pincus] Wayne LaPierre
was hired by Harlon
574
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:45,136
Carter as a lobbyist. He wasn't
a diehard gun rights guy.
575
00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:48,206
He wasn't the guy that wore
the NRA patch on his sleeve.
576
00:31:50,074 --> 00:31:52,443
He was a mild-mannered,
educated guy
577
00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:55,246
who could walk into a room
and present an argument
578
00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:58,316
for gun rights issues
without being intimidating
579
00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:01,452
without being bombastic,
without being flamboyant.
580
00:32:01,552 --> 00:32:03,121
[LaPierre] If you really
want to get at gun crime,
581
00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:03,988
you've got to narrow the focus
582
00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:07,158
put in some tough
mandatory sentences
583
00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:08,459
and go after the bad guys.
584
00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:11,462
[Pincus] I'm a gun
rights advocate
585
00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:12,497
and I'm the executive
vice president
586
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,265
of Second Amendment Organization
587
00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:15,500
and I've been in the
firearms industry
588
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,168
for a little over 20 years.
589
00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:19,003
[gunshots]
590
00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:21,839
In the gun community when we
talk about gaining ground,
591
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,142
one of the things that
Wayne LaPierre has done
592
00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:27,345
for us very, very effectively
was to make it much easier
593
00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:29,080
to get a concealed carry permit.
594
00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:32,984
[Anchor] Tomorrow sweeping
new state laws take effect
595
00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:35,620
that will make it significantly
easier for many people
596
00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:38,489
in Florida to obtain permits
to carry concealed weapons.
597
00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:42,293
[Keene] The first state
598
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,696
that allowed concealed
carry was Florida.
599
00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:50,435
Then Wayne LaPierre said,
600
00:32:50,501 --> 00:32:52,470
"Let's get concealed
carry across the country."
601
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:54,105
[Reporter] The new
law to allow citizens
602
00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,540
to carry concealed handguns.
603
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,541
[Reporter 2] Texans
were given the right
604
00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:58,476
to carry concealed handguns.
605
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,044
[Reporter 3] Thousands of
concealed handgun applications.
606
00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:02,480
[Reporter 4] 700,000
applications for permits
607
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:04,449
will come in to
sheriff's offices.
608
00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:08,286
[Cassandra Crifasi] Over
the last several decades,
609
00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:11,055
we've seen a shift
from most states
610
00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:13,558
not issuing a license to
carry a concealed firearm,
611
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:16,527
now to every state doing so.
612
00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:20,031
- Right to carry is
sweeping across the land.
613
00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:25,336
[Pincus] It became a
concealed carry revolution.
614
00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:29,407
[gunshot]
615
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:31,242
To get a concealed carry license
616
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:33,411
requires some training
that you have to undergo.
617
00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:35,980
[gunshots]
618
00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:37,682
You have to pass a test.
619
00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:41,519
But now we have 21 states
620
00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:45,156
that don't require any form
of license to carry a firearm.
621
00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:46,924
[Anchor] Tomorrow
anybody in Kansas
622
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,993
can carry a concealed
weapon and won't need
623
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,396
a permit or the
training to buy the gun.
624
00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:55,266
[Keene] It's called
Constitutional Carry.
625
00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:58,002
[Franks] It's a great piece
of branding by the NRA
626
00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:00,705
to take a concept
like permitless carry
627
00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:04,108
and to say we're going to call
that Constitutional Carry.
628
00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,611
[Anchor] Texas Senators
have just passed permitless,
629
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,179
or what's known as
constitutional carry.
630
00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:12,216
You wouldn't have to get a
license, no training required,
631
00:34:12,283 --> 00:34:14,452
and there would no
longer be a test.
632
00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,955
- We're going to take the notion
of no regulation whatsoever
633
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,724
and we're gonna call
that constitutional.
634
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,592
[applause]
635
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,361
[Crifasi] One of the most
rigorous recent studies
636
00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:25,129
that investigated what happened
when these laws changed,
637
00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:30,134
found that violent crime
increased between 13 and 15%.
638
00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:38,409
- If you suggested to
Harlon Carter that by 2020
639
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:41,979
carry laws of one form or
another would be in effect
640
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,149
in all 50 states, he
would've said you're crazy.
641
00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:46,384
But they are.
642
00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:49,654
[Pincus] Because of the
work that the NRA has done
643
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:51,989
we have this huge
number of people
644
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,325
who now have guns in
their everyday life.
645
00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:55,827
It's not just Saturday
afternoon at the competition.
646
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,596
It's not just hunting season.
647
00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:01,632
You're literally carrying a
gun around on earth every day.
648
00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:04,635
To work, to the store, dropping
your kids off at school,
649
00:35:04,735 --> 00:35:06,404
with the idea that you're
gonna be able to use it
650
00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:09,340
to defend yourself or other
people in an emergency.
651
00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:13,678
[Light] The NRA has managed
to promote this ideal
652
00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,780
of guns everywhere,
653
00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:20,651
that more guns are going
to provide more safety.
654
00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:25,523
[Williams] The NRA then
begins pushing for legislation
655
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,425
that would encourage people
656
00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:30,328
not only to be able to carry
it but to be able to use
657
00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:33,631
guns to defend their
lives without fear
of being prosecuted.
658
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,803
[Light] If you look
at Stand-Your-Ground
Laws, any person
659
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:43,374
who feels themselves under
threat can use lethal violence.
660
00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:45,443
[gunshots]
661
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:50,481
Stand-Your-Ground Laws have
proliferated across 33 states.
662
00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:53,050
The National Rifle Association
663
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:57,054
was a key element in the
passage of those laws.
664
00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:00,525
[Jackson] In all states
where Stand-Your-Ground Laws
665
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:03,161
have been passed we've
seen gun-related deaths
666
00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:05,296
and homicides increase.
667
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:09,200
This violence continues
to rage forward
668
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,236
and we're watching individuals
in our community being slain.
669
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:21,212
Jordan was very compassionate
and very, very sensitive.
670
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:29,554
He had a lot of wisdom, a
great deal of understanding
671
00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:32,523
and trying to figure out
the world around him.
672
00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:40,064
The man who murdered my son
673
00:36:40,164 --> 00:36:45,102
was claiming that he
feared for his life,
674
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,838
that my son had a gun or stick
675
00:36:47,905 --> 00:36:50,841
and he needed to defend himself.
676
00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:53,578
And the Stand-Your-Ground Law
677
00:36:53,678 --> 00:36:55,947
gave him the ability
to be able to do that.
678
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:59,116
[Woman] Oh my god
somebody's shooting.
679
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,452
[Reporter] Jordan Davis
was shot and killed here
680
00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:02,253
at Baymeadows in Southside
681
00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:04,922
during an argument
over loud music.
682
00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,192
[Reporter 2] Dunn admitted
to firing his weapon
683
00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:09,794
but said he did
it in self-defense
684
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:11,963
after he says he was
threatened by the teens.
685
00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:15,366
[Reporter 3] No gun was
found in the teens' SUV.
686
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:21,806
[Rep. McBath] That man was
using his implicit bias
687
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:26,711
and his racism as
a means to act out
688
00:37:26,777 --> 00:37:31,482
his violent tendencies towards
my son and his friends.
689
00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:35,786
Because you can shoot to
kill and ask questions later
690
00:37:35,886 --> 00:37:38,322
based upon a perception of
threat under Stand-Your-Ground.
691
00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:47,398
Having just watched the same
scenario with Trayvon Martin
692
00:37:48,666 --> 00:37:52,303
I even had discussions with
Jordan about Trayvon's murder.
693
00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:57,308
And Jordan said, "Mom
why did that man,
694
00:37:57,408 --> 00:37:58,643
why did he kill Trayvon?
695
00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,812
Trayvon wasn't doing
anything wrong?"
696
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,016
And I remember saying to him
697
00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:08,786
"Baby, you've got
to be careful."
698
00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:13,190
As a young black man
699
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,426
somebody will take out
a gun and shoot you.
700
00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:21,632
And there the very discussion
I had with my child
701
00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:24,435
became his own reality.
702
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:35,813
Every single moment
that we ignore
703
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,651
what is happening in our streets
with our laws, people die.
704
00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:48,893
- I, William Jefferson
Clinton, do solemnly swear
705
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,395
that I will faithfully execute
706
00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:53,464
the office of President
of the United States.
707
00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:58,402
[Lacombe] In the early 1990s
the Democrats have control
708
00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:02,406
of Congress and they decide
to pursue gun regulations.
709
00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:06,043
[Pres. Clinton] What's the
point of being President
710
00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:09,246
if you can't help improve the
lives and futures of people?
711
00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:12,216
[audience applauds]
712
00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:13,918
[Clinton] Laws can help.
That's why I wanna take
713
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:15,753
these assault weapons
off the street.
714
00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:20,491
To regulate how we deal with
this craziness of violence.
715
00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:23,494
[Keene] The '90s were a
time of turmoil because of
716
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:27,698
the Clinton administration's
assault on firearms rights.
717
00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:33,704
[Clinton] I thought we
weren't asking for that much.
718
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:39,510
[Melzer] Clinton introduced a
couple pieces of legislation.
719
00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:42,446
One was the 1993 Brady
Bill, which established
720
00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:46,717
background checks, named
after Reagan's press secretary
721
00:39:46,784 --> 00:39:48,519
Jim Brady, who was shot
along with Ronald Reagan.
722
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:51,922
[Reporter] The new Brady
Law could be a turning point
723
00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:55,126
in the fight against
gun violence in America.
724
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:59,130
- 87% of gun owners
support this legislation.
725
00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:01,966
And you begin to wonder,
"Well who then does
726
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:04,535
the National Rifle
Association represent?"
727
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:07,371
[Melzer] Next Bill
Clinton introduced
728
00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:09,473
the Federal Assault Weapons Act.
729
00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:10,975
[Man] Weapons
designed exclusively
730
00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:12,543
for the purpose
of killing people
731
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,745
should be banned except
for military personnel.
732
00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:19,583
[Clinton] When I was
growing up all we had was
733
00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:23,821
hunting and fishing.
This is our culture.
734
00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:25,489
And part of my political base
735
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:29,894
when I was elected President
was working class whites.
736
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:36,467
I thought, we can fix
this without interfering
737
00:40:37,735 --> 00:40:39,336
with hunting and
self-protection.
738
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:43,073
- We have taken this
important part of the life
739
00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:47,077
of millions of Americans and
turned it into an instrument
740
00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:49,480
of maintaining madness.
741
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:51,816
[Reporter] Public support
for an assault weapon ban
742
00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:55,686
is overwhelming, as much
as 70% in some polls.
743
00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:58,989
The trick is translating that
into votes on the House floor.
744
00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:06,931
[Smyth] LaPierre was
elected to take over the NRA
745
00:41:06,997 --> 00:41:09,467
as the highest-paid
executive and try to defeat
746
00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:12,670
any efforts to pass gun reform.
747
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:14,371
[LaPierre] This is a campaign
748
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,975
for eliminating the
Second Amendment entirely.
749
00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:21,779
Unless we fight it,
that's America's future.
750
00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:25,382
And it starts with a simple
step like a simple gun ban
751
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,152
that too many are too
cowardly to fight.
752
00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:31,455
[Smyth] LaPierre started
talking about something
753
00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:33,023
called "the slippery slope".
754
00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:38,629
That even the most seemingly
benign form of gun control
755
00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:42,132
would eventually lead
toward greater gun control
756
00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:45,236
and ultimately disarmament.
757
00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:48,405
[Pincus] The Assault
Weapons Ban of 1994
758
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:52,409
is the indicator that,
Oh if we don't stand up
759
00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:54,078
and really assert ourselves,
760
00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:55,679
if we don't really do
something about this
761
00:41:55,746 --> 00:41:58,682
we're gonna potentially
lose everything.
762
00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:01,051
[Volsky] Wayne
LaPierre began penning
763
00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:06,056
incredibly incendiary
communications to NRA members.
764
00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:10,394
[Man] Mr. LaPierre talks
about this administration -
765
00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:13,664
They'll stop at
nothing, even murder
766
00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:16,834
federal agents
wearing Nazi helmets
767
00:42:16,901 --> 00:42:18,669
that attack
law-abiding citizens.
768
00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:22,873
[Smyth] The NRA's absolutist
unyielding positions
769
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:25,910
was too much for many
people then in the GOP
770
00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:28,245
including even Ronald Reagan.
771
00:42:28,345 --> 00:42:32,449
I support the Brady Bill and
I urge Congress to enact it.
772
00:42:34,251 --> 00:42:37,288
[Melzer] Former President
George Bush Sr. resigned his NRA
773
00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:41,292
membership in response
to LaPierre's rhetoric.
774
00:42:43,193 --> 00:42:44,929
[Reporter] Former Presidents
Reagan, Carter, and Ford
775
00:42:45,029 --> 00:42:47,131
all signed a letter
urging House Members
776
00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:49,466
to vote for the
Assault Weapons Ban.
777
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:51,302
[Clinton] No good member
of the House or Senate
778
00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:54,805
no Republican or Democrat,
no rural legislator
779
00:42:54,905 --> 00:42:59,810
should ever fear losing their
seat for voting for this bill.
780
00:42:59,910 --> 00:43:00,978
[House Speaker] Recorded vote.
781
00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:05,816
The Yeas are 216 the Nays are
214, and the bill is passed.
782
00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:08,719
[applause]
783
00:43:08,786 --> 00:43:11,055
[Lacombe] They passed
the Brady Law of 1993,
784
00:43:11,121 --> 00:43:13,223
and then they passed as part
of a broader crime package
785
00:43:13,290 --> 00:43:15,993
the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994.
786
00:43:16,093 --> 00:43:19,663
[crowd applause]
787
00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:23,834
[Keene] It was an
assault on an entire part
788
00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:27,338
of the population on their
vision of what America is.
789
00:43:29,974 --> 00:43:33,510
And that's why the NRA's
job is to ring the bell.
790
00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:39,149
[Man] We need to make
sure that come November
791
00:43:39,249 --> 00:43:42,987
these traitors are defeated,
humiliated at the polls
792
00:43:43,087 --> 00:43:46,256
and never serve in
public office again.
793
00:43:46,323 --> 00:43:50,694
[Volsky] In this election
cycle the NRA perfected their
794
00:43:50,794 --> 00:43:55,699
well-oiled lobbying machine
and powerful grassroots army.
795
00:43:55,799 --> 00:43:59,103
[Lacombe] The NRA had
developed scorecards that rate
796
00:43:59,169 --> 00:44:02,172
political candidates making
it very easy for its members
797
00:44:02,272 --> 00:44:05,709
to find who it was endorsing
and to act on that.
798
00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:09,680
[Keene] Your congressmen
is A-rated or F-rated.
799
00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:11,882
They go out and they vote.
800
00:44:11,982 --> 00:44:15,819
They turned out in huge
numbers in the '94 election.
801
00:44:15,886 --> 00:44:18,822
That was the year that
guns made a difference.
802
00:44:18,889 --> 00:44:20,224
[Anchor] Welcome again to CNN's
803
00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:22,893
continuous coverage
of Election '94.
804
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:25,729
[Man] This is an earthquake.
This is a tidal wave.
805
00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:26,563
[Anchor 2] It's happening
in the House. It's happening
806
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,533
in the Senate. The
sands are shifting
807
00:44:29,633 --> 00:44:32,002
right out from under
the Democrats' feet.
808
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:33,737
[Reporter] Republicans
take over the Senate.
809
00:44:33,837 --> 00:44:36,006
[Anchor 3] CNN estimating
that the Republicans will take
810
00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:37,741
more than enough seats
to take control of
811
00:44:37,841 --> 00:44:40,411
the House of Representatives
for the first time in 40 years.
812
00:44:42,312 --> 00:44:45,315
[Reporter 2] Day breaks in
Washington, D.C. as voters
813
00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:47,418
across the country wake to the
scale of the beating they've
814
00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:49,820
given President Bill Clinton
and his Democratic Party.
815
00:44:55,859 --> 00:44:59,396
God they took it out on
us. The NRA claimed to have
816
00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:03,434
defeated 19 members of the
House when we lost the House.
817
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:06,737
And we lost 54.
818
00:45:10,507 --> 00:45:12,443
I woke up in a cold
sweat thinking about
819
00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:15,946
how I'd let the country down.
820
00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:18,015
I'm sorry I mean we got -
821
00:45:18,082 --> 00:45:20,784
the NRA beat the
Speaker of the House.
822
00:45:20,884 --> 00:45:22,920
[Reporter] Tom Foley,
30 years in Congress
823
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:24,788
is the first
Speaker of the House
824
00:45:24,888 --> 00:45:26,523
voted out of office since
Abraham Lincoln's time.
825
00:45:26,590 --> 00:45:29,259
[Clinton] What
does that tell you?
826
00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,295
There's a difference between
having popular support
827
00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:34,298
and voting support.
828
00:45:34,398 --> 00:45:37,301
We can't just depend
on an opinion poll.
829
00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:39,970
The NRA made guns
a voting issue.
830
00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:42,473
[audience applause]
831
00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:44,641
[LaPierre] You launched
a political revolution
832
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:47,277
that changed the
face of Congress
833
00:45:47,377 --> 00:45:51,782
and rewrote Bill Clinton's
idea of American history.
834
00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:55,252
[applause and cheers]
835
00:45:55,319 --> 00:45:56,820
- Not only was the
NRA very successful
836
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:02,259
in flipping party control
in the '94 election,
837
00:46:02,326 --> 00:46:06,897
it also put a 10-year limit
on the Assault Weapons Ban
838
00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:09,333
so that it automatically
lapsed after 10 years,
839
00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:11,668
and that was the
price that they paid
840
00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:14,505
in order to get that
bill through Congress.
841
00:46:16,006 --> 00:46:17,674
[Anchor] Now the
Assault Weapons Ban,
842
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,844
The ten-year-old law
expires at midnight tonight.
843
00:46:20,944 --> 00:46:22,679
Is there any
question in your mind
844
00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:23,847
that the lifting of
the ban will in fact
845
00:46:23,947 --> 00:46:27,684
cause more of these weapons
going on the streets?
846
00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:29,153
- Oh, there's no question
847
00:46:29,253 --> 00:46:30,754
that there'll be more
weapons on the streets.
848
00:46:30,821 --> 00:46:33,323
Right now the companies
are taking orders.
849
00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:36,860
[Franks] The NRA profit
from this idea that the
850
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,930
assault weapon is something
that was banned by those
851
00:46:39,997 --> 00:46:42,299
liberals that were
coming to take your guns.
852
00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:44,101
Thank goodness that ban
is no longer in effect.
853
00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:45,936
You never know when
it's gonna come back.
854
00:46:46,003 --> 00:46:48,939
So everybody come out
and get a gun like this.
855
00:46:51,975 --> 00:46:54,211
- And I remember
Christmas advertisements,
856
00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:58,115
discount prices on AR-15s.
857
00:46:58,182 --> 00:47:01,351
Buy your bargain assault
weapons for Christmas.
858
00:47:03,987 --> 00:47:07,891
[Spitzer] The NRA and gun
companies really begin to market
859
00:47:07,991 --> 00:47:12,296
assault weapons specifically
their military features.
860
00:47:12,362 --> 00:47:15,799
You can accessorize different
stocks, different grips,
861
00:47:15,866 --> 00:47:19,570
threaded barrels,
removable magazines,
862
00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:25,075
and that means much
more profitability
for the gun industry.
863
00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:28,245
[Smyth] These
weapons proliferated.
864
00:47:28,345 --> 00:47:32,382
The AR-15 became as the NRA
dubbed it, "America's rifle".
865
00:47:34,418 --> 00:47:35,919
[Spitzer] But then
you begin to see
866
00:47:36,019 --> 00:47:37,154
these weapons used
in mass shootings.
867
00:47:37,221 --> 00:47:40,424
[Man] A gunman appeared at the
front of one of the theaters
868
00:47:40,524 --> 00:47:42,426
and then he opened fire.
869
00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:45,395
At least 50 people were hit.
870
00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:51,168
- If you look at
high-fatality mass shootings
871
00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:54,838
there are studies that show
yes, they have increased
872
00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:57,407
since the Assault
Weapons Ban lapsed.
873
00:47:59,209 --> 00:48:02,012
- In the face of these
tragedies, the arms industry
874
00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:03,614
is uniquely protected
no matter how negligent
875
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:06,416
or reckless their
practices might be.
876
00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:10,888
[Keene] We did, I think in
one of our great victories
877
00:48:10,954 --> 00:48:13,056
save the firearms industry.
878
00:48:13,123 --> 00:48:17,394
There was a move to
hold firearms companies
879
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:21,231
liable in court for the
misuse of a firearm.
880
00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:25,035
We got Congress to pass an
act that would prevent that.
881
00:48:27,070 --> 00:48:29,439
[Franks] Because of this
law you don't get products
882
00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:32,476
that are designed for safety.
883
00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:34,411
You don't get products
that are designed
884
00:48:34,478 --> 00:48:37,881
to stop people from using
them for improper means.
885
00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:41,418
You get a blank
check to an industry
886
00:48:41,485 --> 00:48:45,055
to advertise in the
most irresponsible ways,
887
00:48:45,122 --> 00:48:46,390
to market themselves to kids.
888
00:48:53,497 --> 00:48:56,800
[Keene] If those frivolous
lawsuits had not been stopped
889
00:48:56,900 --> 00:48:59,069
gun companies would have
gone out of business.
890
00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:03,240
The NRA was key
891
00:49:03,307 --> 00:49:06,476
to the survival of American
firearms manufacturers,
892
00:49:06,576 --> 00:49:07,477
more than the other way around.
893
00:49:07,577 --> 00:49:10,247
So they ought to be grateful,
894
00:49:10,314 --> 00:49:12,249
but we don't get our money
from them, primarily.
895
00:49:15,452 --> 00:49:17,020
[Men chanting] This is my rifle.
896
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:19,189
[Man] It's been tested
in every theater of war
897
00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:20,924
for the last 50 years.
898
00:49:20,991 --> 00:49:22,526
[Men chanting] My rifle
is my best friend.
899
00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:26,029
[Man] Through the dust,
the rain and the snow
900
00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:27,097
it's battle tested.
901
00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:31,301
And it's in a class
all by itself.
902
00:49:31,368 --> 00:49:33,937
[Men chanting] This is my rifle.
903
00:49:34,004 --> 00:49:35,105
[Man] This is Colt.
904
00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:40,377
[Rep. Jason Crow] I believe
in the right to have
905
00:49:40,477 --> 00:49:43,680
self-defense, but you don't
need an assault weapon
906
00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:47,284
or 1000 rounds or armor-piercing
bullets to do that.
907
00:49:49,619 --> 00:49:51,955
My name is Jason Crow.
908
00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:52,856
I'm the Congressman
from Colorado's
909
00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:55,058
sixth congressional
district and I represent
910
00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:59,029
many of the families of the
Aurora theater shooting,
911
00:49:59,129 --> 00:50:01,565
the Columbine tragedy.
912
00:50:01,665 --> 00:50:05,002
I served overseas in
three combat tours
913
00:50:05,068 --> 00:50:06,703
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
914
00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:10,540
There is a big reason why I
didn't carry an assault weapon
915
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,576
in the woods when
I was deer hunting.
916
00:50:12,676 --> 00:50:14,177
And there's also a
really good reason
917
00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:15,579
why I didn't have my
deer hunting rifle
918
00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,181
or my duck hunting shotgun
919
00:50:18,248 --> 00:50:20,650
when I was in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
920
00:50:20,717 --> 00:50:23,420
Because the weapons that I
carried in Iraq and Afghanistan
921
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,088
were weapons of war.
922
00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:26,256
[gunshots]
923
00:50:26,356 --> 00:50:29,659
They were designed to inflict
terrible damage on humans
924
00:50:29,726 --> 00:50:32,496
and to take human lives
925
00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:34,564
and to do that with
remarkable efficiency.
926
00:50:34,664 --> 00:50:37,701
From every little element,
from the magazine capacity
927
00:50:37,768 --> 00:50:41,705
to the muzzle velocity to
the type of round that's used
928
00:50:41,772 --> 00:50:45,108
everything is designed with
that singular purpose in mind.
929
00:50:45,208 --> 00:50:47,778
The specifications and the
technical aspects of weapons
930
00:50:47,878 --> 00:50:50,414
mean a lot. So nobody's
ever gonna tell me that
931
00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:51,948
there's no such thing
as an assault weapon
932
00:50:52,049 --> 00:50:55,552
because there's no
basis in truth for that.
933
00:50:55,619 --> 00:50:57,554
[sirens]
934
00:50:57,621 --> 00:51:01,458
Whether it's in El Paso
with an AK-47 or in Aurora
935
00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:03,794
we know what has occurred.
936
00:51:07,631 --> 00:51:11,401
And it's not gonna stop unless
we do something to stop it.
937
00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:24,147
[Nicole Hockley] December
2012 everything changed.
938
00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:31,054
Dylan was six so he loved school
939
00:51:31,121 --> 00:51:32,155
and didn't want to
go at the same time.
940
00:51:34,658 --> 00:51:39,162
We had this routine that every
day we would do a countdown.
941
00:51:39,262 --> 00:51:42,165
So Monday was five days
school, two days no school.
942
00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:45,001
Tuesday was four days
school, two days no school.
943
00:51:47,671 --> 00:51:50,173
And as the bus was
coming around the corner
944
00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:55,178
and the kids were all lining up
945
00:51:56,646 --> 00:51:59,015
Dylan just looked at me
946
00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:00,684
and he said, "Last
day school, Mommy."
947
00:52:00,784 --> 00:52:02,853
And I said, "That's right, D.
948
00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:06,123
One day school, two
days no school."
949
00:52:06,189 --> 00:52:08,091
And he just kind of nodded at me
950
00:52:08,158 --> 00:52:09,860
and said, "Last day school."
951
00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:15,298
And literally
across the driveway
952
00:52:15,365 --> 00:52:17,467
where I was standing
with my boys,
953
00:52:17,534 --> 00:52:19,836
the shooter had probably
already killed his mother
954
00:52:19,936 --> 00:52:22,672
in the house directly across
the driveway from mine.
955
00:52:25,142 --> 00:52:27,511
And I've thought, if I'd
looked up at a window
956
00:52:27,611 --> 00:52:28,845
would I have seen
him looking down?
957
00:52:28,945 --> 00:52:32,883
Is there something
I could have done
958
00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:36,486
to stop him from then
driving to the school?
959
00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:39,389
Only a few minutes
later probably.
960
00:52:40,657 --> 00:52:42,292
[Woman] Sandy Hook school,
961
00:52:42,359 --> 00:52:44,895
I think there's somebody
shooting in here.
962
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:49,900
[Reporter] 154 bullets fired
in less than five minutes
963
00:52:51,401 --> 00:52:53,637
from the Bushmaster
assault rifle.
964
00:52:55,138 --> 00:52:57,340
[Reporter 2] The gunman
killed 26 people,
965
00:52:57,407 --> 00:53:00,710
20 of them children
as young as five.
966
00:53:05,549 --> 00:53:08,218
- The majority of those who
died today were children,
967
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:11,321
beautiful little kids
968
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:13,323
between the ages of
5 and 10 years old.
969
00:53:16,726 --> 00:53:19,930
As a country we have been
through this too many times.
970
00:53:21,765 --> 00:53:23,400
[Sen. Murphy] In the days
following the shooting
971
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:25,702
we thought the
world had changed.
972
00:53:25,769 --> 00:53:29,706
We thought everyone had woken
up to the idea that we had
973
00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:31,374
to get serious about preventing
another slaughter like this.
974
00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:35,345
And we thought that the
silence from the gun lobby
975
00:53:35,412 --> 00:53:38,682
and from the NRA meant that
they were contemplating
976
00:53:38,748 --> 00:53:42,352
how far they were willing
to go to compromise.
977
00:53:43,587 --> 00:53:46,356
[Smyth] The NRA didn't say
anything, which has been their
978
00:53:46,423 --> 00:53:50,560
practice after almost every
mass shooting in the modern era.
979
00:53:50,627 --> 00:53:52,462
[Crowd chanting]
Shame on the NRA.
980
00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:55,232
[Reporter] For four days
after the killings in Newtown,
981
00:53:55,298 --> 00:53:56,967
it had nothing to say,
982
00:53:57,067 --> 00:53:58,368
nothing on its website,
on Facebook or on Twitter.
983
00:53:58,435 --> 00:54:01,738
[Reporter 2] The White House
says that President Obama
984
00:54:01,805 --> 00:54:04,574
is supporting new legislation
banning assault weapons,
985
00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:07,777
closing the gun show
loophole for buying guns,
986
00:54:07,877 --> 00:54:10,647
as well as a ban on high
capacity ammunition clips.
987
00:54:10,747 --> 00:54:12,215
- And then they announced
988
00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:13,316
they were having a
press conference.
989
00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:15,619
- For the first time, the
National Rifle Association
990
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:17,787
is responding to
the Newtown attack.
991
00:54:18,922 --> 00:54:20,423
[Keene] It was our assumption
992
00:54:20,490 --> 00:54:22,425
that we were up against
a very big fight.
993
00:54:22,492 --> 00:54:27,397
So we had to be able
to rally our people.
994
00:54:28,498 --> 00:54:29,466
- Like all Americans
995
00:54:29,566 --> 00:54:33,003
we've been discussing all
of the various options
996
00:54:33,103 --> 00:54:34,904
that are available to
protect our children.
997
00:54:34,971 --> 00:54:37,407
And at this point we would like
998
00:54:37,474 --> 00:54:39,175
to share our thinking with you.
999
00:54:46,416 --> 00:54:46,983
Good morning.
1000
00:54:49,786 --> 00:54:54,024
Some have tried to exploit
tragedy for political gain.
1001
00:54:55,525 --> 00:54:57,827
We have remained
respectively silent.
1002
00:54:58,795 --> 00:55:01,831
Now we must speak.
1003
00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:05,368
[Smyth] I wondered what
he was going to say,
1004
00:55:05,468 --> 00:55:07,370
and if he was going
to say something
1005
00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,606
to attempt to
validate the emotions
1006
00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:11,508
that were swirling
around the nation
1007
00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,543
about this
heartbreaking tragedy.
1008
00:55:15,312 --> 00:55:19,449
- The only thing that
stops a bad guy with a gun
1009
00:55:20,650 --> 00:55:22,018
is a good guy with a gun.
1010
00:55:23,687 --> 00:55:25,655
- And to me that's
like, come on.
1011
00:55:25,722 --> 00:55:28,058
[Woman] Reckless behavior
coming from the NRA.
1012
00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:30,894
- For people to
stand there and say,
1013
00:55:30,994 --> 00:55:33,730
"No we need more guns."
1014
00:55:33,830 --> 00:55:36,499
It was extremely disheartening.
1015
00:55:36,566 --> 00:55:38,134
[Man] NRA, stop
killing our children.
1016
00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:41,304
It is the NRA and
assault weapons
1017
00:55:41,371 --> 00:55:43,707
that are killing our children.
1018
00:55:43,807 --> 00:55:46,076
[Smyth] He essentially
blamed the victims,
1019
00:55:46,176 --> 00:55:48,745
that the teachers themselves
of this elementary school
1020
00:55:48,845 --> 00:55:50,847
should have been
better prepared.
1021
00:55:50,914 --> 00:55:54,651
And the vision that LaPierre
put out was one that's
1022
00:55:54,718 --> 00:55:57,654
consistent with everything
I knew about the modern NRA,
1023
00:55:57,721 --> 00:56:01,424
but they had never before said
it so clearly and so plainly
1024
00:56:01,524 --> 00:56:04,561
out loud because they
were afraid it would
be too unpopular.
1025
00:56:04,661 --> 00:56:07,764
[LaPierre] We need to have
every single school in America
1026
00:56:07,864 --> 00:56:12,268
immediately deploy a protection
program proven to work.
1027
00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:15,438
And by that I mean
armed security.
1028
00:56:17,374 --> 00:56:21,444
[bagpipes play "Amazing Grace"]
1029
00:56:24,013 --> 00:56:27,417
[Nicole] After the service
we did our first interviews
1030
00:56:29,018 --> 00:56:32,422
with media. One of the
first questions was,
1031
00:56:33,957 --> 00:56:35,125
"What is your response
to Wayne LaPierre
1032
00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:38,862
saying this morning
that the only thing
1033
00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:41,131
to stop a bad guy with a gun
is a good guy with a gun?"
1034
00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:44,534
And I said, "Who's
Wayne LaPierre?"
1035
00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:49,806
And all I could think
was, whoever he is
1036
00:56:49,906 --> 00:56:53,476
that is one of the most absurd
statements I've ever heard.
1037
00:56:54,744 --> 00:56:58,548
We can't just arm everyone
and expect a safer society.
1038
00:56:59,716 --> 00:57:01,751
[ominous music]
1039
00:57:01,818 --> 00:57:06,756
That was my introduction
to the NRA in this battle.
1040
00:57:08,391 --> 00:57:09,759
- All of us need to
demand a Congress
1041
00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:13,963
brave enough to stand up
to the gun lobby's lies.
1042
00:57:16,666 --> 00:57:17,634
[Reporter] Victims
of gun violence
1043
00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:21,504
and their families
demonstrated on Capitol Hill.
1044
00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:25,742
[Man] We're here from Tucson,
from Aurora, from Columbine -
1045
00:57:25,809 --> 00:57:29,512
names that have become
iconic in America's bizarre
1046
00:57:29,612 --> 00:57:31,514
and shameful epidemic
of gun violence.
1047
00:57:31,614 --> 00:57:33,183
[Reporter] In Congress the
leader of Senate Republicans
1048
00:57:33,283 --> 00:57:35,585
joined the chorus of politicians
1049
00:57:35,652 --> 00:57:39,355
who are suggesting that
something needs to be done.
1050
00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,090
- As we continue
to learn the facts,
1051
00:57:41,157 --> 00:57:43,026
Congress will examine whether
there is an appropriate
1052
00:57:43,126 --> 00:57:45,028
and constitutional response
1053
00:57:45,128 --> 00:57:47,964
that would better
protect our citizens.
1054
00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:49,532
[Peter Ambler] Americans
watched Congress,
1055
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:54,204
they watched the Senate. Surely
Democrats and Republicans
1056
00:57:54,304 --> 00:57:56,539
would come together to
put something in place.
1057
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:01,211
- We thought we could
get a restriction
1058
00:58:01,311 --> 00:58:04,781
on assault weapons passed.
That became unachievable
1059
00:58:04,848 --> 00:58:08,551
and we were left with this
expansion of background checks.
1060
00:58:08,651 --> 00:58:11,988
Joe Manchin, coming from a
pretty conservative state,
1061
00:58:12,055 --> 00:58:13,823
and Pat Toomey, a Republican
1062
00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:15,792
coming from a pretty
conservative state,
1063
00:58:15,859 --> 00:58:19,395
got together at considerable
political risk to themselves
1064
00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:22,966
and wrote a compromise
that would save lives.
1065
00:58:24,501 --> 00:58:26,836
- Truly the events at
Newtown changed us all.
1066
00:58:26,903 --> 00:58:28,638
Nobody here with a good
conscience could sit by
1067
00:58:28,705 --> 00:58:32,408
and not try to prevent a day
like that from happening again.
1068
00:58:32,509 --> 00:58:34,644
- I don't consider
criminal background checks
1069
00:58:34,711 --> 00:58:36,646
to be gun control. I think
it's just common sense.
1070
00:58:39,249 --> 00:58:43,753
[Ambler] The NRA during that
period had an ironclad grip
1071
00:58:43,853 --> 00:58:47,056
on our political system
when it came to the question
1072
00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:50,660
of guns and gun
violence in America.
1073
00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:55,098
[Reporter] How are
you, Congresswoman?
1074
00:58:55,198 --> 00:58:56,866
- [Ambler] It takes the
courage and resilience
1075
00:58:56,933 --> 00:59:00,270
of somebody like Gabby
Giffords to take them on.
1076
00:59:02,939 --> 00:59:06,075
I started in her office
January 3 of 2011.
1077
00:59:07,777 --> 00:59:08,945
Five days later she
was shot in the head
1078
00:59:09,045 --> 00:59:11,614
from three feet away.
1079
00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:14,083
[Reporter] Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords
has been shot.
1080
00:59:14,183 --> 00:59:16,719
[Reporter 2] Five victims
are dead at the scene.
1081
00:59:16,786 --> 00:59:20,623
- Eventually made a
miraculous recovery
1082
00:59:20,723 --> 00:59:23,860
and went on not only
to fight for her life
1083
00:59:23,927 --> 00:59:27,697
but to contribute to
public service once again.
1084
00:59:29,799 --> 00:59:35,471
- I've known days of pain
and uncertain recovery,
1085
00:59:37,373 --> 00:59:41,477
but confronted by despair,
paralysis and aphasia,
1086
00:59:43,046 --> 00:59:45,248
I put one foot in
front of the other.
1087
00:59:47,317 --> 00:59:50,320
[Ambler] In the aftermath
of the Sandy Hook shooting,
1088
00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:52,889
on the two year anniversary
of Gabby being shot,
1089
00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:55,124
we threw ourselves
into working to pass
1090
00:59:55,224 --> 00:59:57,894
the Manchin-Toomey expanded
background checks bill.
1091
01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:03,933
- Violence is a big problem.
1092
01:00:04,634 --> 01:00:08,938
Too many children are dying.
1093
01:00:09,472 --> 01:00:11,941
Too many children.
1094
01:00:13,309 --> 01:00:16,746
We must do something.
1095
01:00:17,447 --> 01:00:20,950
Today I struggle to speak,
1096
01:00:21,017 --> 01:00:22,685
but I have not lost my voice.
1097
01:00:24,921 --> 01:00:26,522
[Nicole] We never thought
1098
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:30,193
background checks were
going to be easy to pass,
1099
01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:33,162
but there was the
will of the people
1100
01:00:33,262 --> 01:00:36,165
and the polls and the way
people were speaking out.
1101
01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:40,937
- We hear all the time that
no one agrees on anything
1102
01:00:41,004 --> 01:00:44,941
and why even bother? But it's
really a false narrative.
1103
01:00:45,008 --> 01:00:48,044
I'm a gun owner, I
regularly go to the range
1104
01:00:48,144 --> 01:00:49,879
and try to keep my skills up.
1105
01:00:49,979 --> 01:00:51,447
I believe that people
should be able to own guns,
1106
01:00:51,514 --> 01:00:55,385
but we need to do a
hell of a lot better job
1107
01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:57,320
to make sure that people
who shouldn't have them
1108
01:00:57,387 --> 01:00:58,888
don't get them.
1109
01:00:58,988 --> 01:01:00,723
[Crowd] ♪ Shame,
shame, shame, shame ♪
1110
01:01:00,823 --> 01:01:03,793
- The NRA just does not
represent gun owners anymore.
1111
01:01:04,994 --> 01:01:05,795
My passion is hunting,
1112
01:01:05,862 --> 01:01:10,967
and half of all NRA
members are hunters.
1113
01:01:11,034 --> 01:01:13,236
Why is an organization that
claims to represent gun owners
1114
01:01:13,336 --> 01:01:16,039
working against any
effective safety measure
1115
01:01:16,139 --> 01:01:18,908
capable of keeping
American children safe?
1116
01:01:19,008 --> 01:01:22,211
We all want to see kids
not get killed in schools.
1117
01:01:22,311 --> 01:01:24,747
We all want to see
crime be lower.
1118
01:01:24,847 --> 01:01:28,184
We all want to live in a
better, more perfect union.
1119
01:01:29,719 --> 01:01:31,854
By making guns so
partisan and saying
1120
01:01:31,921 --> 01:01:33,756
politicians are trying
to steal our guns,
1121
01:01:33,856 --> 01:01:37,193
the NRA is preventing a larger
conversation from happening.
1122
01:01:38,695 --> 01:01:40,430
- More than 80
percent of US adults
1123
01:01:40,530 --> 01:01:44,100
support requiring background
checks for all gun sales.
1124
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:45,601
And there is no difference
1125
01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:47,270
between gun owners
and non-gun owners
1126
01:01:47,370 --> 01:01:49,338
or by political affiliation.
1127
01:01:49,405 --> 01:01:53,776
[Sen. Leahy] Every American
abhors the recent tragedies.
1128
01:01:55,378 --> 01:01:57,113
[Keene] I remember
talking to Joe Manchin.
1129
01:01:57,213 --> 01:01:59,015
He bragged that he'd gotten
a new shotgun and I said,
1130
01:01:59,082 --> 01:02:01,451
"Well, what happens if the
guy on the neighboring farm
1131
01:02:01,551 --> 01:02:04,020
wants to buy the old one?
You don't need it anymore.
1132
01:02:04,087 --> 01:02:06,389
How's he going to
like it when you say,
1133
01:02:06,456 --> 01:02:07,457
'We got to get in the
car and drive 25 miles
1134
01:02:07,557 --> 01:02:10,460
to a federal firearms dealer.
1135
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,629
And then we got to do a
background check on you.'
1136
01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:15,465
Is that going to make him happy?
1137
01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:17,300
And is he going to be any
happier when he finds out
1138
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,969
the reason he has to do
it is because of you?'
1139
01:02:20,069 --> 01:02:23,573
[Nicole] It was bizarre
to get to the actual vote
1140
01:02:23,639 --> 01:02:28,411
and feel that that
was a victory.
1141
01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:32,081
And then to start hearing that
1142
01:02:32,148 --> 01:02:33,783
we might not have the numbers.
1143
01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:35,752
[Sen. Biden] The question
is on the amendment,
1144
01:02:35,818 --> 01:02:37,487
the clerk will call the roll.
1145
01:02:37,587 --> 01:02:41,491
[Clerk] Mr. Alexander,
Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin.
1146
01:02:41,591 --> 01:02:44,827
[Nicole] Sitting
up in the gallery
1147
01:02:44,927 --> 01:02:48,798
you knew where your no votes
were cause they wouldn't even -
1148
01:02:51,134 --> 01:02:53,169
They obviously couldn't look
at themselves in the mirror.
1149
01:02:53,269 --> 01:02:54,937
They couldn't look at us.
1150
01:02:55,004 --> 01:02:57,306
We had senators who
cried in front of us
1151
01:02:59,075 --> 01:03:00,309
and then voted against us.
1152
01:03:02,111 --> 01:03:05,181
[Clerk] Ms. Heitkamp, no.
1153
01:03:05,281 --> 01:03:08,117
Mr. McCain, aye.
1154
01:03:09,285 --> 01:03:13,022
Mr. Chambliss, no.
1155
01:03:15,992 --> 01:03:20,029
- A few minutes ago, a minority
in the United States Senate
1156
01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:23,132
decided it wasn't worth it.
1157
01:03:25,001 --> 01:03:27,503
They blocked common
sense gun reforms
1158
01:03:27,603 --> 01:03:30,840
even while these families looked
on from the Senate gallery.
1159
01:03:32,475 --> 01:03:34,343
[Nicole] I felt
that we'd failed.
1160
01:03:34,443 --> 01:03:39,382
I had failed Dylan. I
couldn't even do this for him.
1161
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:42,151
I couldn't save him
and I couldn't even get
1162
01:03:42,218 --> 01:03:45,454
one measly little policy passed
1163
01:03:45,521 --> 01:03:48,357
that might help someone else.
1164
01:03:50,193 --> 01:03:52,795
- Everybody talked about how
we were gonna change something.
1165
01:03:52,862 --> 01:03:55,231
- To see nothing
happen was just a blow.
1166
01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:57,900
- So all in all
1167
01:03:58,000 --> 01:03:59,368
this was a pretty shameful
day for Washington.
1168
01:04:01,003 --> 01:04:03,306
- If this, if the
death of 20 children
1169
01:04:03,372 --> 01:04:07,076
can't motivate people to
take action, what will?
1170
01:04:09,212 --> 01:04:12,882
[Sen. Murphy] We thought that
we were gonna get all of these
1171
01:04:12,982 --> 01:04:15,885
changes in gun laws to
make our communities safer.
1172
01:04:15,985 --> 01:04:19,388
But what we found out is that
that's not how politics works.
1173
01:04:19,488 --> 01:04:22,358
The NRA had been
organizing for 40 years
1174
01:04:22,425 --> 01:04:25,361
to get ready for
that moment in 2013.
1175
01:04:25,428 --> 01:04:29,098
They were ready for those
parents who came to Washington,
1176
01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:29,999
and they beat them.
1177
01:04:32,235 --> 01:04:35,571
[Nicole] When we started I
knew nothing about the NRA
1178
01:04:35,671 --> 01:04:40,042
and I had no idea what
a powerful lobbying
group they were
1179
01:04:40,109 --> 01:04:42,778
and how insidious they can be.
1180
01:04:42,879 --> 01:04:45,214
You know, hearing the
lies that they would tell.
1181
01:04:45,281 --> 01:04:48,784
You're not just up against
smart political thinking,
1182
01:04:48,885 --> 01:04:49,952
you're up against people
that are just gonna say
1183
01:04:50,052 --> 01:04:53,589
whatever they need to say in
order to get what they want.
1184
01:04:55,057 --> 01:04:58,628
- We've all been under attack
since the Connecticut tragedy,
1185
01:04:58,728 --> 01:05:02,231
by those who would exploit
the victims of a madman
1186
01:05:02,298 --> 01:05:04,533
to advance their own
anti-Second Amendment agenda.
1187
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,203
But the United States Senators
1188
01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:10,039
realized that their
constituents actually do count.
1189
01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:15,044
[Ambler] The NRA was not
interested in compromise.
1190
01:05:15,111 --> 01:05:16,879
They were not
interested in solutions.
1191
01:05:16,946 --> 01:05:18,447
They were interested
1192
01:05:18,547 --> 01:05:22,151
in a dark cynical
vision for this country.
1193
01:05:22,251 --> 01:05:23,319
- By the time it was over,
1194
01:05:23,419 --> 01:05:27,657
we had a million new members
and we had turned the tide.
1195
01:05:29,225 --> 01:05:33,996
[audience applause]
1196
01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:37,233
[Man] Please welcome our
executive vice president
1197
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:39,101
Wayne LaPierre.
1198
01:05:39,168 --> 01:05:44,006
- The only thing that
stops a bad guy with a gun,
1199
01:05:46,075 --> 01:05:46,509
is a good guy with a gun.
1200
01:05:46,609 --> 01:05:50,479
[audience applause]
1201
01:05:52,281 --> 01:05:54,250
[Spitzer] When Wayne LaPierre
spoke in the aftermath of the
1202
01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:58,020
Sandy Hook shooting, his
comments were very much aimed
1203
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,690
at the more extremist
gun rights community
1204
01:06:00,790 --> 01:06:05,261
that is the base of
support for the NRA.
1205
01:06:05,328 --> 01:06:08,030
There's an old axiom
in politics that
1206
01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:12,501
a small but a highly motivated
minority can often win
1207
01:06:12,601 --> 01:06:15,838
the day over a large but
fairly apathetic majority.
1208
01:06:15,938 --> 01:06:19,275
And that's pretty much
the tale of the NRA.
1209
01:06:19,342 --> 01:06:23,145
[LaPierre] By almost every
measure we are less free today
1210
01:06:23,212 --> 01:06:27,683
than we were a decade ago,
in ways our forefathers
1211
01:06:27,783 --> 01:06:31,687
could never have conjured
in their worst nightmares.
1212
01:06:31,787 --> 01:06:34,390
[Melzer] Attacking gun
safety groups as folks who
1213
01:06:34,490 --> 01:06:38,661
fundamentally pose a threat
to the future of the country.
1214
01:06:38,728 --> 01:06:42,365
This is the culture war that
the NRA has been fighting for
1215
01:06:42,465 --> 01:06:45,568
decades now and that
Donald Trump took up.
1216
01:06:45,668 --> 01:06:50,706
[crowd applause]
1217
01:06:52,208 --> 01:06:53,909
[Anchor] Some big guns
backing Donald Trump.
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This afternoon the
National Rifle Association
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endorsed him for President.
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[LaPierre] Oh my gosh
I mean here's somebody
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that really understands.
Let's go after the bad guys
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and leave all the
good people alone.
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- The Second Amendment is under
a threat like never before.
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[Volsky] When Donald
Trump ran for President,
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the NRA believed that they
were looking into a mirror
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because Donald Trump
personifies the playbook
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that the NRA has successfully
been using for decades.
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- Hillary Clinton wants to
abolish the Second Amendment,
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just remember that.
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- Our right to gather,
our right to speak,
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our financial freedom.
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All of it in decline.
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[Keene] In 2016 from the
Trump and the NRA standpoint,
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you're talking about
the same people.
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The people that came
out in those small towns
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were our people.
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[Smyth] Trump
represented something
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they had never seen before.
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Mitt Romney, McCain, H.W.
Bush, even George W. Bush
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didn't speak that
kind of language.
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- The National Rifle
Association endorsed me
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and they endorsed me
early, long time ago.
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[audience applause]
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[Spitzer] They contributed
$31 million to his campaign,
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poured around $70 million into
the 2016 elections overall.
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[Keene] We decided that if
he was gonna have any chance
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in the fall that it was the
one bet that had to be placed
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and we placed it.
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So we all worked together
to create a tsunami of rural
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small town votes that might
not otherwise have occurred.
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- And lo and behold,
the gamble paid off.
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01:08:32,775 --> 01:08:34,410
[audience applause]
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- Thank you.
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[LaPierre] It wouldn't
have happened without us.
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Without us, we wouldn't
have had President Trump.
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I mean there's not another
organization in the country
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that is directly responsible
because of the influence
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we all have as American citizens
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that stand for the
Second Amendment.
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[Rep. Crow] You see the gun
lobby try to wrap this issue
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in the rhetoric of
patriotism and freedom.
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That language is
incredibly troubling to me.
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I especially take it personally
when I see militia groups
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dressed up like commandos,
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carrying assault
weapons on our streets.
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[Smyth] Not only is the
United States one of the only
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advanced nations that allows
for civilian ownership of guns
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without licensing
or registration,
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but it's even permissible
to walk around
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during a political protest
with loaded AR-15s.
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[Crifasi] We're seeing more
and more firearms openly
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at demonstrations or rallies
as a way to intimidate.
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[Man] And we may be
scary to some people
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but that's because we don't
know what's gonna happen
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and it's our right in
this country to do this.
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[Crifasi] The NRA has
shifted the pendulum so far
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that there's a group
of folks at the extreme
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that think that the right
to own guns as an individual
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gives them the right
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to do whatever they
want with those guns.
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[LaPierre] We stand and we
fight like hell for freedom.
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The revolution to take
America back starts here.
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[crowd yelling]
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[Franks] Now you have a
version of the Second Amendment
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that says, I can stop you from
speaking. I can stop you from
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participating in democracy.
I can stop democracy itself.
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And I am honoring the
constitution by doing so.
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- I want you to fight back.
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I want you to raise hell.
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[Trump] We fight like hell and
if you don't fight like hell,
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you're not gonna have
a country anymore.
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[mob yelling]
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[Lacombe] It's hard to imagine
the support that Trump got
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for his efforts to
overturn the election
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being there without
the foundation
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laid by the NRA as
an organization.
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[Spitzer] Whether it's
the NRA or Donald Trump,
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when you build and feed
your organization members
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such a steady diet of
that kind of messaging,
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it could explode into
disorder and violence.
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[gunshots]
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- In Kenosha, an armed citizen
sent out a Facebook message
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saying, we need all the
armed citizens to come out
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01:11:16,472 --> 01:11:21,176
and resist this Black Lives
Matter demonstration in response
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to the recent police
shooting of Jacob Blake,
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a 29 year old Black man.
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[Man] ♪ Black lives matter
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[Crowd] ♪ Black lives matter
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[Franks] So Kyle Rittenhouse
hears that there are
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protests going on and thinks,
"I should take up weapons
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to defend this other
place and their property,"
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that that would be a
patriotic thing to do.
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And does in fact do that.
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[Reporter] 17-year-old
Kyle Rittenhouse
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killed two protesters
and left one injured.
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[Lt. Gov. Barnes] What do
you think is going to happen
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if you have an agitated man
with a long gun walking down the
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streets thinking that he's
some sort of peacekeeper?
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[Williams] Why is there no
attempt to deal with this person
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who's obviously carrying a gun?
It's because that narrative
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that the NRA has been so
effective at promoting
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has really taken root in
American society and culture.
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[Clinton] The NRA believes
the deaths of innocent people
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is just a necessary price to pay
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for people to exercise
their freedom.
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And you see what the logical
conclusion of that is,
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that we don't really have
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mutual responsibilities
to each other.
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It's a very high price.
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[Williams] The NRA talks about
being fundamentally concerned
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about American Liberty. Is
it the liberty to own a gun
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and to pass laws that give
people really the opportunity
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to treat neighborhoods
like hunting grounds?
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Or is it this idea that we
ultimately want to protect life
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and create a standard of living
for everyone in this nation?
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- The American Dream of
wanting to live peacefully
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and wanting to enjoy life
and wanting to go to school
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and become educated
and raise your children
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and have a healthy safe life,
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and not be attacked.
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[Fred Guttenberg] My
girl, my 14-year-old baby,
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I sent her to school. She
was supposed to be safe.
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My job is to protect my children
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and I sent my kid to school.
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[Reporter] A heartbreaking
day in Florida and sadly
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an all-too-familiar one. 17
people are now confirmed dead.
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[Guttenberg] In the morning
sometimes things get so crazy
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and I don't always get
to say, "I love you".
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I don't remember if I said that
to Jamie yesterday morning.
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Jamie loved to dance
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01:14:21,490 --> 01:14:24,159
and I loved to watch
my daughter dance.
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She would have been an amazing
person to watch grow up.
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I won't get to do that now.
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01:14:40,209 --> 01:14:44,513
- Don't tell me there's no
such thing as gun violence.
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It happened in Parkland.
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[Rep. McBath] It's with
the Parkland shooting
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that I absolutely lost it
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01:14:56,124 --> 01:14:58,060
because those children were
the same age as Jordan.
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As I watched them running
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out of their high
school for their lives.
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[Anchor] President Trump is
now publicly demanding stricter
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gun control in a break with
the NRA and fellow Republicans.
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- I watched on television,
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President Trump was at a
round table discussion.
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01:15:18,180 --> 01:15:19,748
- It doesn't make sense
that I have to wait till
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I'm 21 to get a handgun but
I can get this weapon at 18.
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I don't know.
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01:15:25,153 --> 01:15:26,421
- You underestimate the
power of the gun lobby.
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- They have great
power over you people.
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They have less power over me.
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[Rep. McBath] And I remember
distinctly when President Trump
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said, "You don't need to
be afraid of the NRA."
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And they're all sitting
there shaking their heads
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like yes, yes and I thought,
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01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:42,871
okay maybe something's
gonna be done.
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01:15:42,938 --> 01:15:44,606
- Don't worry about the
NRA, they're on our side.
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01:15:44,706 --> 01:15:47,676
You guys, half of you
are so afraid of the NRA.
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01:15:47,743 --> 01:15:49,845
There's nothing to be afraid of.
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[Reporter] President Trump
held a late night meeting
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01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,249
with the National Rifle
Association then tweeted,
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01:15:54,349 --> 01:15:57,619
"It was a good, great
meeting in the oval office."
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01:15:57,719 --> 01:16:00,556
[Anchor] President Trump
dialed back an earlier and
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01:16:00,622 --> 01:16:02,291
and stronger call he had made
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to raise the age limit
for buying some guns.
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[Keene] In President
Trump's case
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01:16:06,762 --> 01:16:08,297
he obviously empathized
on some of these things
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as do all of us, but
then upon reflection
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he realized that
maybe what he said
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wasn't what he
really wanted to do.
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01:16:16,405 --> 01:16:22,044
He knew what we did
in that 2016 cycle.
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01:16:22,110 --> 01:16:26,481
He was grateful for it
and remains grateful
for what we did.
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01:16:26,582 --> 01:16:29,985
He had our support
and he had our back.
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01:16:30,085 --> 01:16:35,057
- The NRA had a seat at the
table in the White House.
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01:16:35,123 --> 01:16:38,660
So at this point, nothing
was going to be done.
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01:16:39,127 --> 01:16:41,997
- It all hit me.
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01:16:42,097 --> 01:16:45,667
My daughter didn't need to die.
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01:16:45,767 --> 01:16:49,438
These shootings are predictable
and they're preventable.
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01:16:49,504 --> 01:16:53,675
The NRA knows it, but
they're okay with it.
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01:16:56,244 --> 01:16:58,113
It's a cost of doing business.
It's an opportunity for
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01:16:58,180 --> 01:17:03,151
the NRA to turn around and
say, the only way is more guns.
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01:17:04,820 --> 01:17:06,521
And I just said to my
friends and my family,
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"I'm gonna break the
fucking gun lobby."
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01:17:18,266 --> 01:17:22,137
Every single person up here
today, all these people
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01:17:22,204 --> 01:17:25,674
should be at home grieving,
but instead we are up here
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01:17:25,774 --> 01:17:27,709
standing together because
if all our government and
1406
01:17:27,809 --> 01:17:31,380
President can do is send
thoughts and prayers, then it's
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01:17:31,480 --> 01:17:35,684
time for victims to be the
change that we need to see.
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01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:38,353
[crowd applause]
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01:17:42,057 --> 01:17:44,693
- Anybody can make
a positive change,
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01:17:44,793 --> 01:17:47,129
and I mean, we were kids.
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01:17:47,195 --> 01:17:51,233
I am Emma González, I
now go by X González.
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01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:54,069
Young people took
control of the narrative
1413
01:17:54,169 --> 01:17:57,005
and told our stories honestly.
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01:17:57,072 --> 01:17:59,808
- Politicians funded by
the NRA telling us nothing
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01:17:59,875 --> 01:18:01,910
could have ever been
done to prevent this.
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01:18:02,010 --> 01:18:03,679
We call BS.
1417
01:18:03,745 --> 01:18:05,747
[crowd cheers]
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01:18:05,847 --> 01:18:08,417
As a kid, being able to
look at the politicians
1419
01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:11,987
and tell them you made a
mistake and it hurt people.
1420
01:18:12,054 --> 01:18:14,723
That was something that a lot
of people really understood.
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01:18:14,823 --> 01:18:17,259
[Crowd chanting] ♪ We want
change and we want it now ♪
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01:18:17,359 --> 01:18:19,661
♪ We want change
and we want it now ♪
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01:18:19,728 --> 01:18:21,263
♪ This is what
democracy looks like ♪
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01:18:21,363 --> 01:18:24,599
- Young people became
the new messengers
1425
01:18:24,700 --> 01:18:25,834
for gun control in America.
1426
01:18:25,901 --> 01:18:30,739
- They say a good guy with a
gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
1427
01:18:30,839 --> 01:18:31,840
We call BS.
1428
01:18:32,841 --> 01:18:36,712
- When I gave that
speech and it exploded
1429
01:18:36,778 --> 01:18:38,847
we all realized we actually
had the eyes of the nation
1430
01:18:38,914 --> 01:18:44,419
on our social media. And I
started reaching out to people.
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01:18:44,519 --> 01:18:47,255
We're gonna start this.
Let's look into how we can
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01:18:47,355 --> 01:18:49,791
make March For Our
Lives a non-profit.
1433
01:18:49,891 --> 01:18:50,559
Let's get a board.
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01:18:50,625 --> 01:18:53,428
Let's have the
kids be in charge.
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01:18:53,528 --> 01:18:55,797
[Reporter] Thousands of
students are expected
1436
01:18:55,897 --> 01:18:59,301
to walk out of their schools
against gun violence.
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01:18:59,401 --> 01:19:02,304
[kids chanting]
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01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:04,639
[González] All of a
sudden we went from
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01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:07,075
this organization that
was barely existing
1440
01:19:07,142 --> 01:19:09,878
to seeing marches happening
all over the world.
1441
01:19:09,945 --> 01:19:11,613
[Reporter 2] Here they
are flooding the streets
1442
01:19:11,713 --> 01:19:14,116
of Boston, Massachusetts,
in Philadelphia
1443
01:19:14,216 --> 01:19:15,817
and in Los Angeles.
1444
01:19:15,917 --> 01:19:16,952
[Crowd chanting] ♪
You are responsible ♪
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01:19:17,052 --> 01:19:18,286
♪ You are responsible
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01:19:21,757 --> 01:19:24,826
[Nicole] My kid couldn't
do this, but these kids,
1447
01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:28,296
this happened to them and
they were able to stand up
1448
01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:32,300
in that moment and say, "No
way, this is not right."
1449
01:19:32,400 --> 01:19:34,402
And they don't have to
control what they're saying
1450
01:19:34,469 --> 01:19:38,507
or be likable or moderate.
1451
01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:40,842
They're just gonna say
exactly what they think.
1452
01:19:40,942 --> 01:19:45,080
- This is our opportunity
to talk to President Trump,
1453
01:19:45,147 --> 01:19:48,283
Senator Marco Rubio, and
all other members of the
1454
01:19:48,350 --> 01:19:49,951
United States government that
are being funded by the NRA.
1455
01:19:50,018 --> 01:19:53,855
Now is the time to get on
the right side of this.
1456
01:19:53,955 --> 01:19:56,992
- The NRA is so good at
threatening people because they
1457
01:19:57,092 --> 01:20:00,695
have so much money and power.
Interviewers would be like,
1458
01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:02,964
"And you're not scared
to take on the NRA?"
1459
01:20:03,031 --> 01:20:04,833
No, because we have
no money from them.
1460
01:20:04,933 --> 01:20:09,871
We were experiencing a problem
and vocalizing solutions.
1461
01:20:12,207 --> 01:20:14,509
- Senator Rubio can
you tell me right now
1462
01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:17,179
that you will not accept a
single donation from the NRA?
1463
01:20:17,279 --> 01:20:20,348
[audience applause]
1464
01:20:20,448 --> 01:20:22,150
- They were afraid of us.
1465
01:20:24,386 --> 01:20:26,988
[Jackson] What was encouraging
about March For Our Lives
1466
01:20:27,055 --> 01:20:29,891
is that they opened
the door for folks
1467
01:20:29,991 --> 01:20:33,128
who were impacted by violence
of all walks of life,
1468
01:20:33,195 --> 01:20:35,897
to take the mic and start
to tell their stories.
1469
01:20:37,165 --> 01:20:38,233
- Everyday shootings.
1470
01:20:38,333 --> 01:20:39,734
[Crowd] Everyday shootings.
1471
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:40,836
- Are an everyday problem.
1472
01:20:40,902 --> 01:20:41,903
[Crowd] Are an everyday problem.
1473
01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:45,507
- It's time to care about
all communities equally.
1474
01:20:45,574 --> 01:20:46,975
It's time to stop judging
youth that look like me
1475
01:20:47,042 --> 01:20:50,412
or my brother and that come
from impoverished communities
1476
01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:52,714
any different than anyone else.
1477
01:20:52,814 --> 01:20:54,549
[González] We are trying
to stop gun violence
1478
01:20:54,649 --> 01:20:57,586
in all of its forms. You
have to address the system
1479
01:20:57,686 --> 01:21:00,822
on the whole, and gun
violence is an epidemic.
1480
01:21:00,889 --> 01:21:02,757
It should be treated
like an epidemic.
1481
01:21:02,858 --> 01:21:04,759
- What are you asking
for here in Washington?
1482
01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:06,194
- An assault weapons ban,
1483
01:21:06,261 --> 01:21:09,197
prohibition of sales of
high capacity magazines.
1484
01:21:09,264 --> 01:21:10,932
- You're not saying
no guns, right?
1485
01:21:11,032 --> 01:21:13,001
- We're not saying no
guns. We are saying we want
1486
01:21:13,068 --> 01:21:15,604
to regulate
semi-automatic weapons
1487
01:21:15,704 --> 01:21:18,073
and accessories that make
them fully automatic.
1488
01:21:18,173 --> 01:21:19,241
[crowd cheers]
1489
01:21:19,341 --> 01:21:22,444
- We need to focus on changing
the conditions that foster
1490
01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:25,413
violence and trauma.
That's how we will
1491
01:21:25,513 --> 01:21:28,116
transform our communities
and uplift our voices.
1492
01:21:28,216 --> 01:21:32,254
[crowd cheers]
1493
01:21:32,354 --> 01:21:36,391
- The young leaders
were instrumental in
1494
01:21:36,458 --> 01:21:40,028
breathing new life into
the gun reform movement.
1495
01:21:42,430 --> 01:21:45,400
When there's limited
opportunity to tighten gun laws,
1496
01:21:45,467 --> 01:21:49,037
we have to ask
ourselves what power do
1497
01:21:49,104 --> 01:21:53,975
non-legislative actors have
to help us solve this problem?
1498
01:21:56,077 --> 01:21:59,881
- Dick's Sporting Goods
says thoughts and prayers
1499
01:21:59,948 --> 01:22:01,983
are not enough. The
chain will stop selling
1500
01:22:02,083 --> 01:22:05,220
assault style rifles at
its 600 nationwide stores.
1501
01:22:05,287 --> 01:22:08,556
It's also ending the sale of
firearms to buyers under the
1502
01:22:08,623 --> 01:22:12,460
age of 21 and will no longer
sell high capacity magazines.
1503
01:22:14,296 --> 01:22:14,829
[Ed Stack] If these kids
are brave enough to organize
1504
01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:17,265
and do what they're doing,
1505
01:22:17,332 --> 01:22:18,900
then we should be brave
enough to take this stand.
1506
01:22:18,967 --> 01:22:19,634
- No chance you're
gonna reverse this?
1507
01:22:19,734 --> 01:22:21,303
- Never.
1508
01:22:21,403 --> 01:22:22,837
[Reporter] First it was
Dick's Sporting Goods
1509
01:22:22,938 --> 01:22:25,006
and now Walmart. Walmart
said they will no longer
1510
01:22:25,106 --> 01:22:30,278
sell guns or ammunition to
anyone under 21 years old.
1511
01:22:30,345 --> 01:22:32,113
[Reporter 2] At
least 16 companies
1512
01:22:32,180 --> 01:22:34,849
now say they cut
ties with the NRA.
1513
01:22:34,950 --> 01:22:37,519
- When you saw the
rhetoric that the NRA had
1514
01:22:37,619 --> 01:22:39,521
we could not have
our brand attached.
1515
01:22:39,621 --> 01:22:41,122
[Chip Bergh] It was
the Parkland shooting
1516
01:22:41,189 --> 01:22:43,325
that really got to
the tipping point.
1517
01:22:43,425 --> 01:22:45,460
We needed to take a position.
1518
01:22:47,162 --> 01:22:48,964
[Melzer] The general
public cried out for change
1519
01:22:49,030 --> 01:22:53,435
and that led to tremendous
progress at the state level.
1520
01:22:55,170 --> 01:22:56,671
- In Florida, its Republican
governor Rick Scott
1521
01:22:56,771 --> 01:22:58,873
broke with the President
and with the NRA.
1522
01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:00,976
[Reporter] The so-called
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
1523
01:23:01,042 --> 01:23:02,043
High School Public Safety Act
1524
01:23:02,143 --> 01:23:06,514
raises the minimum age to
buy a rifle from 18 to 21.
1525
01:23:06,614 --> 01:23:08,616
- The School Safety Act
put in place red flag laws,
1526
01:23:08,683 --> 01:23:11,519
extreme risk protection orders.
1527
01:23:13,521 --> 01:23:17,492
It started spreading
gun legislation all
over the country.
1528
01:23:17,559 --> 01:23:20,495
[Reporter 2] Despite being
the newest target of the NRA
1529
01:23:20,562 --> 01:23:21,629
Vermont's gun-owning
Republican governor
1530
01:23:21,696 --> 01:23:24,332
says he's not backing down.
1531
01:23:24,399 --> 01:23:26,201
[Reporter 3] Getting
a gun in Illinois
1532
01:23:26,301 --> 01:23:27,569
just got a little harder.
1533
01:23:27,669 --> 01:23:30,372
Governor Bruce Rauner
signed two gun measures.
1534
01:23:30,472 --> 01:23:31,906
[Reporter 4] The governor
says she is proud
1535
01:23:32,007 --> 01:23:34,175
that Oregon passed gun
control legislation
1536
01:23:34,242 --> 01:23:35,577
since Florida's mass shooting.
1537
01:23:35,677 --> 01:23:39,147
[crowd cheers]
1538
01:23:39,214 --> 01:23:41,216
- And then we started
pushing the importance
1539
01:23:41,316 --> 01:23:42,150
of midterm elections.
1540
01:23:44,586 --> 01:23:48,256
[crowd cheers]
1541
01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:52,427
- Register, speak out,
vote. Because what if
1542
01:23:52,527 --> 01:23:55,597
checking a box
could save a life?
1543
01:23:55,697 --> 01:23:58,400
[González] Elected
officials are not in charge.
1544
01:23:58,500 --> 01:24:01,536
We can vote them out
whenever we want to.
1545
01:24:03,271 --> 01:24:05,273
We had candidates
running primarily
1546
01:24:05,373 --> 01:24:09,277
on gun violence prevention,
like Lucy McBath.
1547
01:24:09,377 --> 01:24:11,613
- I was afraid.
1548
01:24:11,713 --> 01:24:15,450
- I will always just be
a mother on a mission.
1549
01:24:15,550 --> 01:24:17,118
[audience applause]
1550
01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:19,621
I'd never run for a
federal office before
1551
01:24:19,721 --> 01:24:21,423
but I felt it was
more of a tragedy
1552
01:24:21,523 --> 01:24:24,392
not to even try to
save people's lives.
1553
01:24:26,561 --> 01:24:29,764
And that even if I didn't
win, making sure that people
1554
01:24:29,864 --> 01:24:34,302
know this has to be an issue
that you go to the polls on.
1555
01:24:34,402 --> 01:24:38,606
This has to be an issue that
you stand righteously on.
1556
01:24:38,706 --> 01:24:41,976
This has to be an issue
that is not going away.
1557
01:24:43,545 --> 01:24:45,046
[Rep. Crow] I'm a
first time candidate.
1558
01:24:45,113 --> 01:24:46,648
I've made this a
part of my campaign
1559
01:24:46,748 --> 01:24:49,150
because I'm frankly
not willing to sit back
1560
01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:51,219
and let this become
a new normal.
1561
01:24:52,420 --> 01:24:54,656
- When you know that something
is right and you know
1562
01:24:54,756 --> 01:24:56,658
that there needs to be change.
1563
01:24:56,758 --> 01:24:59,160
Sometimes you just
have to jump in.
1564
01:25:00,728 --> 01:25:02,564
[Guttenberg] Americans
for the first time
1565
01:25:02,630 --> 01:25:06,334
were given the chance
to respond to candidates
1566
01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:10,505
with clear plans and messages,
being given the chance
1567
01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:14,442
to say, yeah, we want this done.
1568
01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:18,847
[Ambler] We ran campaigns
from coast to coast.
1569
01:25:18,947 --> 01:25:21,749
We endorsed in dozens
and dozens of races,
1570
01:25:21,816 --> 01:25:25,186
spent millions of dollars.
1571
01:25:25,286 --> 01:25:29,357
We elevated gun safety
as a primary voting issue
1572
01:25:29,457 --> 01:25:30,658
for the American electorate.
1573
01:25:33,094 --> 01:25:35,296
[González] We saw
on election night
1574
01:25:35,363 --> 01:25:37,265
all of the counties
and all the states
1575
01:25:37,332 --> 01:25:38,867
flipping from the NRA owned.
1576
01:25:38,967 --> 01:25:42,537
It was wonderful to
watch those returns
1577
01:25:42,637 --> 01:25:44,105
come back around the country.
1578
01:25:44,172 --> 01:25:44,806
[Anchor] This
morning, Lucy McBath
1579
01:25:44,873 --> 01:25:47,809
was declared the
official winner.
1580
01:25:49,811 --> 01:25:52,480
- We managed to help
beat 40 NRA-backed
1581
01:25:52,547 --> 01:25:55,884
Republican incumbents and
elect in their place a
1582
01:25:55,984 --> 01:25:59,120
gun safety majority to the
House of Representatives.
1583
01:25:59,187 --> 01:26:02,223
- This is your night.
Your democracy.
1584
01:26:02,323 --> 01:26:04,959
- Tonight we begin a new
era that puts people first
1585
01:26:05,026 --> 01:26:08,229
and recognizes our
shared destiny.
1586
01:26:08,329 --> 01:26:09,364
[applause]
1587
01:26:09,464 --> 01:26:11,299
[Rep. McBath] There is a
sea change that's happening
1588
01:26:11,366 --> 01:26:15,503
with all the young people
that are marching forward.
1589
01:26:15,570 --> 01:26:20,508
They're going to the polls
as a one issue voter,
1590
01:26:21,009 --> 01:26:23,077
and that's guns.
1591
01:26:23,178 --> 01:26:25,380
- When I say guns,
you say laws. Guns.
1592
01:26:25,480 --> 01:26:26,414
[Crowd] Laws.
1593
01:26:26,514 --> 01:26:27,415
- Guns.
[Crowd] Laws.
1594
01:26:27,515 --> 01:26:29,083
[Crowd] Vote them out.
1595
01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:30,685
[Clinton] There is a
critical mass now of people
1596
01:26:30,752 --> 01:26:32,420
who at least know
they won't get beat
1597
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:37,258
for doing the right thing,
unlike what happened in 1994.
1598
01:26:38,526 --> 01:26:39,928
And they know we've got a chance
1599
01:26:40,028 --> 01:26:41,329
to have a civilized
conversation about it.
1600
01:26:41,396 --> 01:26:44,332
That's a big plus and we owe
it to them. They did that.
1601
01:26:46,668 --> 01:26:48,937
I couldn't do it in
my time, but I tried.
1602
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:56,211
[Keene] Anybody that thinks
the NRA is gonna disappear
1603
01:26:56,277 --> 01:26:58,379
has got another thing coming,
1604
01:26:58,446 --> 01:27:00,381
because every time
they've thought
1605
01:27:00,448 --> 01:27:02,617
that was about to
happen, it didn't.
1606
01:27:02,717 --> 01:27:03,751
And it's not going to now.
1607
01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:14,362
The Second Amendment
believer, whether he's an
1608
01:27:14,429 --> 01:27:18,199
NRA member or not will
rise up once that bell's
1609
01:27:18,266 --> 01:27:20,902
been rung and do
whatever's necessary
1610
01:27:20,969 --> 01:27:23,905
to guarantee the
continuation of those rights.
1611
01:27:29,711 --> 01:27:31,613
- Think about what
would have happened
1612
01:27:31,713 --> 01:27:34,716
if the revolution at the
NRA didn't take place.
1613
01:27:36,417 --> 01:27:39,754
What if they had become an
important community organization
1614
01:27:39,821 --> 01:27:42,290
and a place for people
who cared about the skills
1615
01:27:42,390 --> 01:27:44,325
associated with firearms?
1616
01:27:45,460 --> 01:27:50,298
Would we have the division
that we have right now?
1617
01:27:56,571 --> 01:27:58,339
The politicization of the NRA
1618
01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:02,510
did signal the end of rational
conversation about guns.
1619
01:28:04,445 --> 01:28:08,916
[Siler] Any organization that
will not bend or compromise
1620
01:28:08,983 --> 01:28:11,419
is going to break and that's
what we have in the NRA.
1621
01:28:13,087 --> 01:28:14,622
Children are dying in
our schools as we speak
1622
01:28:14,689 --> 01:28:16,457
and nobody is
representing gun owners
1623
01:28:16,524 --> 01:28:19,527
in the conversation about
how to make that better.
1624
01:28:19,627 --> 01:28:24,432
[gentle music]
1625
01:28:26,100 --> 01:28:27,669
[Crifasi] I want us
as gun owners to be
1626
01:28:27,769 --> 01:28:30,371
part of the solution,
part of the conversation
1627
01:28:30,471 --> 01:28:33,975
so we can co-create
strategies that are respectful
1628
01:28:34,042 --> 01:28:35,877
of the culture of gun
ownership in this country
1629
01:28:35,977 --> 01:28:38,780
but also have an evidence base
1630
01:28:38,846 --> 01:28:41,649
so that we can reduce the
burden of gun deaths in the US.
1631
01:28:43,484 --> 01:28:46,621
[Jackson] By letting an
organization like the NRA
1632
01:28:46,688 --> 01:28:48,122
have such a big
role in the debate,
1633
01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:50,792
they're dominating
the discussion.
1634
01:28:50,858 --> 01:28:53,227
When in reality, this is
a public health crisis
1635
01:28:53,328 --> 01:28:54,896
and requires community
leaders and survivors
1636
01:28:54,996 --> 01:28:57,532
to be leading the discussion.
1637
01:28:57,632 --> 01:28:58,132
[Crowd] ♪ Hey hey, ho ho
1638
01:28:58,199 --> 01:28:59,734
♪ The NRA has got to go
1639
01:28:59,834 --> 01:29:02,370
♪ Hey hey, ho ho
1640
01:29:02,470 --> 01:29:04,005
♪ The NRA has got to go
1641
01:29:04,072 --> 01:29:08,076
[Rep. McBath] We the
activists, we're the Davids
1642
01:29:08,176 --> 01:29:11,746
to the Goliath of the
NRA gun lobby leadership.
1643
01:29:11,846 --> 01:29:15,249
And just as David
took down Goliath
1644
01:29:15,350 --> 01:29:17,585
we too will take
down the gun lobby.
1645
01:29:19,654 --> 01:29:21,923
[Giffords] These
are scary times.
1646
01:29:22,023 --> 01:29:25,093
It will be a long hard haul.
1647
01:29:26,661 --> 01:29:28,763
Now is the time
to come together.
1648
01:29:28,863 --> 01:29:30,431
Be courageous.
1649
01:29:33,835 --> 01:29:38,106
- What I want people
to do is care, learn,
1650
01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:42,944
be angry, and then use
that rage to become courage
1651
01:29:43,044 --> 01:29:45,880
to take action and do something,
1652
01:29:45,947 --> 01:29:49,517
to say, this is not okay and
I'm not just gonna be apathetic
1653
01:29:49,584 --> 01:29:51,285
and let it continue
happening and saying,
1654
01:29:51,386 --> 01:29:54,722
it's never gonna touch
me. Because it will.
1655
01:29:54,789 --> 01:29:57,725
And you have the power to
do something about that.
1656
01:29:57,792 --> 01:29:59,460
[González] One of
the most basic ways
1657
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:04,732
that we are capable of
making an impact is voting.
1658
01:30:04,799 --> 01:30:07,135
Let the politicians
in your area know
1659
01:30:07,235 --> 01:30:09,737
that you are paying
attention to what's going on
1660
01:30:09,804 --> 01:30:11,973
and a lot of people
working together on that
1661
01:30:12,073 --> 01:30:14,542
can make a huge difference.
1662
01:30:18,146 --> 01:30:19,814
[soft music]
1663
01:30:19,914 --> 01:30:21,549
- My strength comes from Jamie.
1664
01:30:21,616 --> 01:30:25,553
I've lost this capacity
for fear and anxiety.
1665
01:30:27,221 --> 01:30:29,724
We can't be afraid
of the NRA anymore.
1666
01:30:29,791 --> 01:30:34,328
Too many people have died, and
now it is time to fix this.
1667
01:30:38,466 --> 01:30:41,002
[Giffords] We are
at a crossroads.
1668
01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:45,973
We can let the shooting
continue, or we can act.
1669
01:30:47,442 --> 01:30:50,511
We can protect our
families, our future.
1670
01:30:50,611 --> 01:30:52,814
We can vote.
1671
01:30:52,914 --> 01:30:56,017
We can be on the
right side of history.
1672
01:30:56,117 --> 01:31:00,688
Please join us in this fight.
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