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good afternoon everybody david shuster here and take action is speaking about
taking action in the wake of the newtown connecticut massacre a lot of folks
across the country having a very vigorous discussion about gun control we
had an opportunity to talk to congressman john yarmouth democrat from
kentucky about b_s_e_ has previously been silent on the issue of gun control
is our enemy with congressman john yarmouth
and welcome back to the body to take action is david shuster here along with
being a man's natural asking people and we're so please be join now as we
continue our discussion on gun control in the aftermath of the connecticut
massacre so pleased to be joined by congressman
john yarmouth a democrat from kentucky congressman thanks for being for the
program today
nobody would have expected because the first of all what do you make of of the
reaction in congress to the massacre in connecticut
well
clearly i think the reaction service was different and any entire tragedy of the
room
okra more time
uh... everybody with
truck for the or with from
for crime proposal of course we're talking about innocent recruit
seven-year-old
we've nuclear different but
and i think that with moderate reading on hearing from a lot of republicans
that they would be open to avm company
changes in the law
particularly with the high-capacity magazine
and um...
expanding background checks
it's all weapon ban
i'm not sure about but
clearly i think uh...
people who have been very very
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gun advocates
are uh... joint complex abilities are
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opposition
without question now i understand i a strong support of the second amendment
even largely silent for the last uh... several years on the gun control and now
you yourself are ready to uh... to make a change explain
well i've actually been rabbit upgrading from the n_r_a_ proactive y
i'm not a favorite of their
what i have been proud because i don't think i've fallen prey to allow what a
lot of people that cabinet
and it just seemed to be a lot of inertia of their beer a tragedy like
every different my colleague
and then trikha lengthened and the drumbeat subscribe them
i guess what it was important or
people who wanted free from action to continue talking about this product may
pay momentum
or meaningful
uh... gun regulation
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but my computer appeared to hear that and also
that uh... people kentucky who
uh... are not giving the other
it getting my eye out
they'd begun regulations bribes
than anywhere else level delegations
needed to hear it ring controlled media market we took a great deal kentucky
i won't be there
the boys for a swore their understand the politics and i said before myself in
various programs that i didn't think it was smart politics of the last several
years sorrow for democrats to come out in favor of gun control or new gun
control because i thought it was done at the polls
are you coming at uh... and essentially saying the same thing that saying look
we now have to do more we can't just worry about politics we have to take
these steps what's been the reaction from your constituents
powered credit there
that i have a good ever of all the contract reacting to lives
bateman a madam appearances over the weekend
ninety five percent of the aboard
and it's been overwhelmingly supportive
and what i've tried destructive that
now that the competent but the n_r_a_
yeah are actually
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uh... don't like talking about the enforcement of labor pre-war blockquote
wanting congress to do is to provide oversight
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premature item which are in effect demand why they're not attractive
they haven't been an oversight hearing on gun regulations on gun laws
yet in place without some twenty years
so brits or something that doesn't require newark
would be important an important step or topic responsible gun owners listen to
what i'm saying in mister you know i mean the they want to make sure that
only responsible people have gotten
them into action and a very encouraging
hilary back a little bit of what uh... the n_r_a_ ahead a wayne lapierre said
at a news conference on friday morning actually was a news conference is more
of a statement he said i call on congress they do act immediately to
appropriate whatever is necessary to put aren't
police officers in every single school in this nation and they do it now so
that blankets atheism place when our kids return to school in january is that
a good idea
well
driving school securities something we absolutely need to talk about
that's kind of a immunotherapy different totally impractical but you're not going
to that in two weeks
and
you know i think
the extent of her argument aircraft those tactics are very very
clever
there one simple between just on
with plenty of work
shootings
but if you expand their argument
you're going to put one in every creator you've got one of the order we'll call
it a point one million place of worship and overburdened never you have a point
so i think when they talk about slippery slopes
all the time
uh... they're they'll realize is that what they're proposing actually canoe
trowbridge
corporate something that i don't think that was really
mccauley already there are many travel by train or by plane i mean nori korean
soil malls there are enough people there are police there people with weapons
that
it's hard to miss the line out if we now know that schools might be vulnerable
why not take them up on the often say okay maybe we should figure out a way to
put armed police in schools
there are no i think they actually have a bit of evidence point on that and i
don't think we're going to happen or distribute
back-to-school
but we have what are called
makeover officers
in our school here many of them abit
they're police officers assigned to school
they're more concerned with internal security than they are
uh... virtually outside i've gotten
therapist a positive
force in our schools and and i think that the federal government
wasatch in acapulco culprit of trouble with unsettling
as far as a public sentiment and a no-man's here and that they had already
been too cute by half as you mentioned by focusing just on the issue of school
security as opposed to the larger issue that i think a lot of americans want to
talk about and that is
should there be a ban on assault weapons should there be certain background
checks that people simply
can buy a gun from a private seller without even as much as putting forward
in identification
guarded are great overweight and um...
weapon could present approaching us
correctly dot warning
vice president to look at all the aspects of of the the the problem of how
we might
deal with those and
we have one of the house well my compton california driving that up for the
democrats
and uh...
yes burger
and approaches which could be affected when you can look at all
gentleman's go ahead
colors and some people pointed out that uh... that columbine there was a
policeman on premises i mean
maybe maybe it would be a good policy that you have law enforcement officials
at schools but it seems like there's very little evidence that that would
prevent a mass shooting of this car
well i i
there's no question about that i mean if you have a view from the police officer
whispered
unkind and you get the material about assault rifle
that police officer
smugglers and much of a chance
lab solely based he you don't want to create an arm great middle school that i
would not be it
appropriate architects what they're suggesting the n_r_a_ suggesting
the cliffhanger or concurring
it's where just that would be
but knowledge that there is an armed officer nevers who might discourage
somebody you want to make a tempo there's probably a good place to be made
that would be true
one of the other things that they are a suggested is that we need to look at slu
the foreclosure of violence in films and video games all this is a lot of other
countries has you know i can't think of japan with the european culture that
they have there
and and yet they don't have the same level then thats
is that something that that you'll be looking seriously at in the next
congress
that's wicked our slippery slope and that um...
i have someone is strongly supports the first amendment
uh... would be concerned about and i think with video games and with the
entertainment media
we need them
i can provide you tell us a moral suasion and also we don't make it served
as much a part of our education system responsible but
uh...
wellpages with parents and then kids but
you think we ought to be uh...
taken
with a grain of salt if you're going to use them that we shouldn't an additional
monies obsessed with them
that they require some attention
but you're actually going to get into the regulation of content
of television and movies and and
uh...
in video games and i think that's something that the
this is a very dangerous approach
congressman watts a reasonable amount of time for
the congress to go ahead and take it the issues of the gun control if there is
agreement that have the server report from our vice president joe biden in his
service staff event have members of congress take this up and vote on it
what do you think is a reasonable amount of time
you get some of the stunt
well i wouldn't say that we ought to be considering something um... in terms of
actually having boats
may be able to work with the latest
andrea realistically we can't do anything even introduce until probably
late check the new worker but i think it could have within a couple months after
uh... the inauguration
we ought to be able to bring from from paying for the poor correction
value optimistic that uh... that it'll get past that uh... that this sort of
support will suddenly sort of died off as as connecticut become something of a
fading memory
and all of us including the media somehow move on to other things
belong at the drumbeat can't do that um...
uh... how much i'd be optimistic if we make sure that parents and an educator
throughout the country people pressure on
you know where they
fiber so new members of congress to come in and then their parents
but it'll be hard to read on there
but i'm sure
that uh...
they're going to be very very wary of screening debate
command and conquer the to what happens
guy i i'd love to have more optimistic now that i have been
uh... huh
and my experience of watching congress it would be an issue
congressman john yang a democrat from kentucky who represents the third
congressional district there congressman thanks for being on the program we
appreciate your can
their and always good to talk to you
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