NEIL:
NEIL: REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED
ABOUT HANGING ON TO THE HOUSE
BUT IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHAT
CONCERNS THEM IS THE LINES HAVE
BEEN REDRAWN AFTER DEMOCRATS
PROTESTED, BROUGHT TO A JUDGE
AND SAID THEY SHOULD BE REDRAWN.
COULD FAVOR AS MANY AS FOUR
DEMOCRATIC PICKUP
THAT IS GETTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
THE INTERIOR SECRETARY OF THE
UNITED STATES ADVOCATING IN
PENNSYLVANIA, NEW ENERGY
CONTRACT AND THE LIKE BENEFITING
A LOT OF FOLKS AND THE INTERIOR
SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS OUT.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AS
ALWAYS.
NEIL: YOU ARE THE INTERIOR
SECRETARY, THERE IS A
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
INTEREST ON THE PART OF THE
PRESIDENT AND WHAT ELSE HAPPENS
IN PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICANS
COULD LOSE FOUR SEATS AT A
MINIMUM IN THIS STATE WITH THAT
REDISTRICTING.
ARE YOU WORRIED?
>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
OBSTRUCTION.
INTERIOR, SEVERAL SENATE
CONFIRMED POSITIONS, 6 WERE
FILLED, HARD TO GET THINGS DONE
WHEN YOU HAVE A GROUP OF QUITE
FRANKLY DEMOCRATS THAT ONCE
OBSTRUCTION.
OUR NATION IS BETTER THAN THAT.
COAL PRODUCTION GOES UP, IT
FREEZES UP MONEY IN THIS CASE,
IN PENNSYLVANIA BY $55 MILLION
TO RESTORE SOME PAST MISTAKES,
RECLAMATION AND AS STEWARD OF
OUR GREAT LANDS, PART OF MY
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO LOOK AT
PAST MISTAKES, RECLAIM LANDS FOR
BETTER USE AND THAT IS PART OF
THE PROGRAM, $300 MILLION IN
NATIONWIDE, $55 MILLION GETS
DISTRIBUTED TO PENNSYLVANIA AND
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF COAL
COUNTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, GREAT
PEOPLE, HARD WORKING AT JOBS
TOO.
NEIL: I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT YOUR NAVY SEAL
DAYS WITH HIS ATTENTION ON
WEAPONRY AFTER THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING AND THE BACK AND FORTH,
WITH THE DEBATE AS TO WHAT IS TO
COMING NOW.
COL. RALPH PETERS NOT LONG AGO
SAYING I AM AN ADVOCATE OF THE
SECOND AMENDMENT BUT WE DON'T
NEED WEAPONS LIKE THAT IN
AVERAGE FOLKS HANDS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> WE DON'T NEED CRAZY PEOPLE TO
HAVE ACCESS TO ADVANCED
WEAPONRY.
NEWT GINGRICH WROTE A WONDERFUL
ARTICLE ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE
MOST ARTICULATE ON THIS SUBJECT.
SECOND AMENDMENT, YOU SHALL NOT
INFRINGE BUT ALSO, RESPONSIBLE
GUN OWNERSHIP, GUN OWNERSHIP IS
A RIGHT BUT ALSO A
RESPONSIBILITY.
SOME OF IT HOW OUR DATABASES
WORK, AND SO MANY THINGS BROKE
DOWN AND THE TRAGEDY IS KIDS GOT
KILLED BECAUSE OF THE BREAKDOWN.
EVERYONE MUST AGREE, CRAZY
PEOPLE AND PREVENT THAT FROM
HAPPENING AGAIN.
IF YOU ARE 33 TIMES WHAT THE
REPORTS SAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT
VISIT THE SHOOTER'S HOME WHERE
WE HAD CERTAIN INDICATORS
OBVIOUSLY THAT IT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AMERICA SHOULD AGREE IF A PERSON
IS HEAVILY MEDICATED, CRAZY,
SHOWING SIGNS, HE SHOULD NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO WEAPONS.
NEIL: YOU ARE CLOSE TO WHAT RICK
SCOTT WANTS TO DO WHICH IS RAISE
THE AGE YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO
WEAPONS, 21.
>> I THINK HIGHLY OF THE
GOVERNOR AND IT SHOULD BE ON THE
TABLE ESPECIALLY, A HUNTER AND
FISHERMAN.
IN THE WEST WE HAVE A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE BUT FOR SEMIS,
MILITARY STYLE WEAPON, IT SHOULD
BE ON THE TABLE TO RAISE IT.
ALSO WE HAVE TO BALANCE IT, 18
YEARS OLD, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO
FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND IT IS
A CONSIDERATION, ASKING OUR
YOUNG, THEY CAN TO COMING HOME
EXERCISING SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS.
NEIL: IT IS IN THE NEWS, THE NRA
ITSELF, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT IT
IN THESE TERMS, IS UNDER FIRE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIKES OF
COMPANIES THAT ARE INCREASINGLY
DITCHING THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH
THE NRA INCLUDING BEST WESTERN,
WORLDWIDE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HAD A CREDIT CARD, THEY SHELVED
THAT.
SHOULD REPUBLICANS BE CONCERNED
BY AND LARGE LOYAL TO THE NRA
AND THE NRA LOYAL TO REPUBLICANS
BUT THAT MIGHT CHANGE?
>> IT IS CONCERNING COMPANIES
NEVER YIELD TO PRESSURE ON
HIGHER PRINCIPLE.
IN THIS CASE THE PRINCIPLE IS
THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
I THINK THE CORE ISSUE IS HOW DO
YOU GET THE WEAPON OUT OF THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CLEARLY
DISTURBED?
OUR CONTROL IS HARD TO GET THE
DATA IN SOME CASES, THE LEFT
VEHEMENTLY FIGHT AGAINST
RELEASING DOCUMENTS WHEN PEOPLE
ARE UNDER SERIOUS MEDICATION OR
NOT WELL.
MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE THAT
REMAINS AN ISSUE.
NEIL: NOT SO MUCH THE GUNS BUT
WHO IS GETTING THEM.
>> I AM A GUN OWNER.
WHO HAS ACCESS AND AT WHAT TIME
ACCESS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.
THIS IS A NATIONAL DISCUSSION.
CLEARLY THE SHOOTINGS ARE A
TRAGEDY AND THE PRESIDENT,
EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE AND
HE WANTS TO HAVE A SOLUTION BUT