AMERICAN FAMILY.
FOR NOW WE SEND IT BACK TO
YOU.
STEVE: BRING IN DANA LOESCH
NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO
HOST OF THE DANA LOESCH SHOW
ALSO SHE IS A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE NRA.
DANA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
RACHEL: GOOD MORNING, DANA.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
HEY, RACHEL.
STEVE: THE FLORIDA STATE
LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED SOME
GUN CONTROL BILLS.
THE BILL CREATES, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, A RISK
PROTECTION ORDER ALLOWING
POLICE TO CONFISCATE GUNS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLUNTARILY
COMMITTED UNDER THE BAKER
ACT OR POSE A VIOLENT THREAT
TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND
ALSO HAS A GUARDIAN PROGRAM
WHERE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
TEACHING STAFF OR FACULTY
MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARRY GUNS.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
FLORIDA HAS DONE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
TEACHERS AND PARENTS COMING
TOGETHER TO DETERMINE HOW TO
BEST ADDRESS THEIR SCHOOL
SECURITY ISSUE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS AMERICA
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
DETERMINE ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.
I WOULD CAUTION EVERYONE
THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIZE
FITS ALL FOR SCHOOLS WHEN IT
COMES TO SECURITY BECAUSE
EVERY SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT.
LOCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE
DIFFERENT U SOME TEACHERS
MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
THAN OTHERS TRAINING AND
CARRYING IN SCHOOL AND, OF
COURSE, YOU WANT TEACHERS,
IF THEY WANT TO CARRY, IF
THEY VOLUNTARILY WANT TO,
NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE
MANDATORY.
THEY GO IN FOR TRAINING AND
FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT
AT SCHOOL, THEN THAT SHOULD
DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING
THAT’S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND, ALSO, GETTING RID OF
GUN-FREE ZONES.
ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THROW
THE STATISTIC OUT THAT SINCE
1950 TO JULY OF 2016, 98.4%
OF MASS SHOOTINGS, THESE
MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS HAVE
TAKEN PLACE.
STEVE: RIGHT.
>> IN GUN-FREE ZONES.
THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE
IMMEDIATELY FIRST NEED TO
GET RID OF IS THIS IDEA THAT
CREATING SOFT TARGETS AND
MAKING PEOPLE DEFENSELESS
SOMEHOW KEEPS THEM SAFER.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
LET ME JUST ADD.
>> THE NRA BELIEVES -- GO
AHEAD, SORRY.
BRIAN: HERE ARE SOME OTHER
THINGS THAT FLORIDA PUT INTO
PLAY THAT THE GOVERNOR MIGHT
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
HE HAS A FEW DAYS TO SIGN OR
NOT SIGN.
HE IS AGAINST ALLOWING
TEACHERS AND STAFF TO BE
ARMED AFTER 140 HOURS OF
TRAINING.
HE IS AGAINST RAISING THE
RIFLE AGE TO 21.
HE SAYS A THREE-DAY WAITING
PERIOD.
FUNDING SCHOOL OFFICERS IN
THE TRAINING.
AND HE WANTS TO GIVE POLICE
AS STEVE MENTIONED, MORE
POWER TO SEIZE WEAPONS AND
BANNING BUMP STOCKS.
SO, FLORIDA CAME OUT STRONG.
THE GOVERNOR DOESN’T LIKE
TWO ELEMENTS OF THIS.
DO YOU LOOK FOR HIM TO PASS
THIS?
WOULD THE NRA BE IN SUPPORT
OF THAT.
>> I’M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT
HE IS GOING TO DO.
I KNOW THE NRA HAS COME OUT
ALREADY AND WE HAVE ISSUED A
STATEMENT OPPOSING
INCREASING THE AGE TO
PURCHASE LONG GUNS SIMPLY
BECAUSE A TWO-YEAR PERIOD
DOESN’T SOLVE PSYCHOSIS.
FURTHERMORE, YOU WOULD BE
DISENFRANCHISING.
RENDERING DEFENSELESS A LOT
OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE WHO
LIVE ALONE WHO ARE YOUNG
ADULTS.
IT SEEMS INSANE TO ME AND TO
MILLIONS OF NRA MEMBERS BY
THE WAY, MANY OF WHOM ARE
YOUNG ADULTS, ALSO, IT SEEMS
CRAZY TO PUT THEIR LIBERTIES
ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AFTER
THE STEM MICK FAILURES OF
GOVERNMENT.
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, THE
FBI, THE ACTING DEPUTY
DIRECTOR DAVID BODICK CAME
OUT AND BRIEFED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS SAYING YES, THE FBI
DID FAIL TO FOLLOW UP ON TWO
TIPS AND SAYING YES THEY DID
GET ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM
ONE OF THOSE TIPS THAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE ACTED THROUGH
THEIR MIAMI FIELD OFFICE AND
DIDN’T.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PUNISHING INNOCENT, UNLESS,
UNLESS OF LAW ABIDING GUN
OWNERS FOR THE FAILURES OF
GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THE
LAWS THAT EXIST THAT WOULD
HAVE PREVENTED THIS TRAGEDY.
RACHEL: DESPITE THOSE
FAILURES THE NRA RIGHT NOW
IS BEING SEEN AS THE BAD GUY
IN THIS SITUATION.
IN FACT, THE CONNECTICUT
GOVERNOR JUST CALLED YOU A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS.
>> THE NRA AS IT EXISTS
TODAY IS A FAR CRY FROM THE
NRA THAT 1999 SAID TEACHERS
SHOULDN’T BE -- SHOULDN’T
CARRY WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS.
OR BETWEEN IN THE 1990S ALSO
SAID WE SHOULD HAVE
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
THEY HAVE IN ESSENCE BECOME
A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
STEVE: SO ARE YOU A
TERRORIST?
>> I MEAN, I’M A MOM.
I HAVE KIDS.
I MEAN, WE ARE DEALING WITH
HOMEWORK ISSUES LATE LAST
NIGHT.
MAYBE MAKING MY KIDS GET ALL
THEIR HOMEWORK DONE MAKES ME
SOME KIND OF TERRORIST.
I CAN’T TAKE SERIOUSLY
ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT THEY’RE
COMING TO THIS CONVERSATION.
I CANNOT TAKE THEIR CLAIMS
IN GOOD FAITH GENUINELY OR
SERIOUSLY AT ALL WHEN THEY
DECIDE TO INSULT AND SMEAR
MILLIONS OF LAW ABIDING
AMERICANS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I’M ASKING
FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NRA
MEMBERS OR LAW ABIDING GUN
OWNERS TO DO.
SHOOT A QUICK VIDEO.
UPLOAD A VIDEO ON SOCIAL
MEDIA USING THE #NRA PARENTS
TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY CARRY
AND WHY THEY ARE NOT
TERRORISTS.
I’M TIRED OF PEOPLE
QUESTIONING MOTHERS AND
FATHERS AND SAYING THAT THEY
LOVE THEIR FIREARMS MORE
THAN THEY LOVE THEIR
CHILDREN.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I I
HAVE A FIREARM IS TO PROTECT
MY FAMILY.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
>> IS TO PROTECT MY KIDS.
HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, GUYS,
LET’S BE REAL IN MY MIND I’M
LIKE 7-FOOT TALL,
400 POUNDS.
IN REALITY I’M 5, 6 AND 125.
I WANT TO DEFEND MY FAMILY.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE SHAMED
FOR IT BY THE CONNECTICUT
GOVERNOR OR ANYONE ELSE THAT
WANTS TO SMEAR ME OR ANYONE
AS TERRORIST BECAUSE WE
DISAGREE WITH HIM AND WE
HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF
PROTECTING OUR FAMILY.
BRIAN: YOU ARE NOT AGAINST
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> LIKE THE ONES THAT FAILED
IN CALIFORNIA OR THE ONES
THAT HAVE FAILED IN
COLORADO?
I MEAN, DO I BELIEVE THAT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT
STATES ARE REPORTING FULLY
AND ACCURATELY, WHICH THEY
ARE NOT DOING, ALL OF THEIR
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS TO THE
NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION
CENTER FOR KNICKS TO CHECK
WHEN SOMEONE PURCHASES A
FIREARM.
NRA AND WAYNE LAPIERRE CAME
OUT STRONG ON THIS ACTUALLY
LONGER THAN I HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO VOTE REALLY TO MAKE SURE
THIS SYSTEM WORKS
ACCURATELY.
I WANT TO, AGAIN, THE
POLITICAL CLASS COULD FIX
THIS TOMORROW.
THEY COULD FIX IT TODAY.
SAY LOOK THESE STATES NEED
TO REPORT THIS INTO THE
SYSTEM.
REAL QUICK NOTE BECAUSE I
KNOW EVERYONE BRINGS UP
PRINCE VS. THE UNITED
STATES.
THAT WAS A CASE THAT WAS
ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FORCING THE STATES TO
IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER A
SYSTEM BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IT DOESN’T
PREVENT STATES FROM
REPORTING CONVICTIONS,
PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS TO
OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN
CONVICTED A COURT OF LAW.
SENDING THAT TO.
IN NCIC.
PREVENT DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
FROM PURCHASING FIREARMS.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO