We've partnered in this debate with Clatto,
the Colorado Latino Leadership
Advocacy and Research organization,
to better spotlight particular concerns
of Colorado's Latino communities,
and Marshall Zellinger
has that next question.
We're going to go through some stats here.
Recent polling by the Colorado Latino
policy agenda found 83% of the Latino
surveyed are concerned their child
could be the victim of a mass shooting.
The survey found strong support for
a series of gun control measures.
I'm going to ask you each a yes or no
question when you have a minute at the end
to discuss your overall philosophy on.
Gun rights and gun control
so yes or no questions here.
85% of Colorado Latino surveyed
would support universal background
checks for all firearm sales,
as Colorado already has.
Mr Bennett,
do you support that at the federal level,
Mr O'Day?
I do.
75% of Colorado Latino surveyed
would support increasing the
legal age to purchase a so-called
assault weapon from 18 to 2118
is currently the law in Colorado.
Mr O'Day,
would you support a federal law requiring
purchasers of so-called assault rifles?
To be 21,
I would not.
No more laws Mr Bennett.
Yes,
75% of Colorado Latino surveyed
would support a 10 day waiting
period to purchase a firearm.
Colorado does not have a waiting period.
Mr Bennett,
would you support that federal 10
day waiting period to buy a gun?
No, Mr O'Day, no.
One more here.
66% of Colorado Latinos surveyed
would support a ban on the sale
of so-called assault rifles.
8 States and the District of Columbia
where you want to go work have
some form of assault weapon bans,
but not Colorado.
Mr O'Day,
would you support a federal ban on the
sale of so-called assault weapons?
Mr Bennett,
I think we've made enough
of these weapons of war
in this country. Now we can
elaborate a little bit on this.
I'm gonna give you a minute to talk
about more of your your broader
thoughts on gun rights and gun control,
starting with Mr O'Day.
Look, we've got plenty of laws on the books.
Every time we turn around and have an event,
we put another law on the book.
We need to enforce the laws
that are on the books now.
And I will not be lectured by
Democrats that continue to say
we need to change this gun law,
change that gun law when they fail to enforce
the laws that we already have on the books.
If you're a drug dealer
and you possess a weapon,
you don't get charged with
a felony here in Colorado.
That's ridiculous to me.
We also need to get behind our cops.
We need more cops in our in our society.
We need more cops in our.
Community and I believe that we should
have cops in our school systems.
They love to talk to the kids.
They're a great influence on our kids.
If we want to save up our society,
we need more cops.
I would be an advocate for taking the
$80 billion that we're going to use to
shake down working Americans with the
IRS and investing that in our local cops.
I've just a couple of quick follow-ups.
I'm trying to figure out
which one to go to first.
You mentioned a few Colorado laws,
but you're running for federal office,
so if school districts are responsible for.
The cost of having officers in schools,
should that be Congress funding them?
Well, I I told you I believe that
if we need that as a federal level,
I would back a plan to put
more cops in our schools.
I think it's that important.
So that's more spending.
One other thing that you just mentioned.
I'm drawing a blank.
All of a sudden, it was toward the end,
the 87,000 for the IRS agents,
87,080 billion for 87,000 IRS agents.
Why would that be not OK,
but you're saying that we need
to enforce the laws in terms
of law enforcement and guns.
Wouldn't those positions be
enforcing the current tax laws?
Why is one OK and the other is not?
Look, when we're taxing working
Americans that are making less than
$100,000 a year and shaking them down,
that's not going to be on the upper 1%.
That's going to be on working Americans.
Making less than 100 grand,
that's just a shakedown.
We need to put that money into something
that would benefit our society,
which right now,
with a 30% escalation in crime
across the United States,
that would be a good use of our money.
Thank you, Mr Adams.
Running, I hate to use any of my time
correcting the record here on the
IRS agents because it's been fact
checked over and over and over again.
And what he's saying is false.
You know, this takes the IRS back
to where it was in 2010, the IRS,
my constituents in this state.
You want to get tax credits
back from the US government?
One out of 10 gets their
phone answered at the IRS.
The software is from the 1960s and
and and it's been made clear by the
administration that nobody's making
less than $400,000 is going to hear
from the IRS because of this money.
But that's not true.
If you do hear, could I finish my answer?
If you do hear from the IRS,
I want to hear about it in
my office in Washington,
DC meanwhile,
people like Joe O'Day are getting what the
richest people in America are getting away.
That murdered,
they're not paying their taxes.
They're never audited.
And and and it's a huge distinction between
where he is and where I am on guns.
I just want it to be very clear.
Joe O'Day said he supports no gun laws
beyond what we already have as a society.
He's against the red flag
law we have in Colorado.
And he said that he would have voted
against the bipartisan gun bill.
That is the first time in the
generations that Republicans
and Democrats have overcome.
Many chose to talk about the
IRS instead of guns, red flag
laws that. Through what? He
said. Look, let's clear this up.
Mike Crapo ran an amendment
that would have prevented any
audits under $400,000 a year,
and you and your Democratic
Party voted against it.
You're making it clear you're shaking
down working Americans making less
than 100 Mr.
Show amendment. He didn't
answer your question obviously
about the red flag. Thank you.