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>> EVERY DAY THAT WE DO NOTHING
ABOUT THIS EPIDEMIC OF ASSAULTS
AND ASSAULT WEAPONS, HIGH
CAPACITY MAGAZINES IN OUR
STREETS IS AN INSULT.
AS PRESIDENT I PROMISE YOU I
WILL GET THESE WEAPONS OF WAR
OFF THE STREET AGAIN.
>> Trace: THAT’S JOE BIDEN IN
FEBRUARY GIVING HIS TAKE ON
ASSAULT WEAPONS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPECTED TO PURSUE A MANDATORY
REGISTRATION UNDER THE NATIONAL
FIREARMS ACT, $200 TAX FOR EACH
ASSAULT RIFLE AND AN EXTRA $200
TAX FOR EACH HIGH CAPACITY
MAGAZINE.
LET’S BRING IN MARK OLIVA.
YOU ADD THESE NUMBERS UP.
YOU ARE A GUN OWNER AND YOU
HAVE A FEW GUNS AND HIGH
CAPACITY MAGAZINES YOU COULD BE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE THOUSANDS.
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>> GOOD MORNING, TRACE.
APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
WE LOOK AT THERE ARE NEARLY
ABOUT 20 MILLION MODERN
SPORTING RIFLES WHAT JOE BIDEN
WOULD CALL ASSAULT RIFLE IN
CIRCULATION TODAY.
SO IF WE’RE LOOKING AT THAT AT
A $200 TAX AND 150 MILLION PLUS
MAGAZINES THAT GO ALONG WITH
THOSE FIREARMS, WE’RE LOOKING
AT POSSIBLY OVER $34 BILLION
THAT WILL BE LEVIED ON GUN
OWNERS FOR A POLICY THAT WE
KNOW DOESN’T WORK.
>> Trace: AND YET GUN SALES ARE
THROUGH THE ROOF.
I WANT TO PUT THE NUMBERS ON
THE SCREEN IF I CAN.
THROUGH OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR,
RIGHT?
16.5 MILLION GUNS SOLD.
THAT’S 1.6 MILLION MORE THAN
2016, A 33% INCREASE AS YOU SEE
THERE FROM 2019.
FIRST TIME BUYERS 7 MILLION
WEAPONS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE
NUMBERS, MARK?
>> IT TELLS YOU THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC IS VOTING WITH THEIR
WALLETS.
THEY KNOW WHERE THEY WANT TO BE
WHEN TAKING ACCESS TO THEIR
RIGHTS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE THE AFWOILT
PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR
LOVED ONES.
THEY ARE GOING OUT IN RECORD
NUMBERS BREAKING ALL PREVIOUS
RECORDS WITH STILL TWO MONTHS
LEFT IN THE YEAR TO GO,
TYPICALLY THE STRONGEST MONTHS
FOR FIREARM SALES.
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL CHOOSE
SAFETY FOR THEMSELVES AND
CHOOSE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS.
>> Trace: WE SEE GUN NUMBERSING
UP.
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION WROTE
THIS YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR SORT
OF USUAL SUSPECTS, YOUR MIDDLE
AGE, WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER LIKE
THE STEREO TYPICAL GUN OWNER
BUT YOU ARE ALSO SEEING VERY
LARGE INCREASES IN PERCENTAGES
THAT ARE EITHER MINORITIES OR
WOMEN.
MINORITIES AND WOMEN BUYING A
LOT MORE GUNS AND TO THAT YOU
SAY WHAT, MARK?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD
CELEBRATE.
EVERY AMERICAN WHO IS A
LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN HAS THE
RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WE SHOULD
CELEBRATE THAT AS WE CELEBRATE
ANYBODY ELSE EXERCISING THEIR
RIGHTS.
40% ARE WOMEN.
THE LARGEST INCREASE IS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT 58% OVER
2019 FIGURES.
IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD
CELEBRATE.
TODAY’S GUN OWNER IS LOOKING
LESS LIKE ME AND MORE LIKE THE
REST OF AMERICA.
>> Trace: SOME BELIEVE THAT
BIDEN’S POLL SEALS WILL SAVE
LIVES.
WE CAN COUNT ON BIDEN AND
HARRIS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE
AND SAVE LIVES VIA EXECUTIVE
ACTION AND LOOKED FORWARD TO
STANDING BEHIND THEM EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY.
THAT IS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR
EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS POLICY
OF HIM WANTING TO REGISTER ALL
SPORTING RIFLES WE LOOK AT THE
CDC STUDIED THE ASSAULT WEAPONS
BAN.
THEY FOUND IN THE STUDY THERE
WAS NO APPRECIABLE IMPACT ON
THE REDUCTION OF CRIME.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A CRIME
PROBLEM.
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHO ARE
GUN OWNERS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY
ABIDING BY THE LAW AND NOT THE
ISSUE.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CRIME IN
AMERICA, NOT WITH LAW ABIDING
GUN OWNERS.
>> Trace: WE HAVE TALKED MUCH
ABOUT HOW CRIME IS GOING UP IN
MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A QUOTE FROM YOU.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VOWED TO
SAFEGUARD THIS RIGHT AND FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
HIS RUNNING MATE SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS HAVE BOTH EMBRACED
CONFISCATION OF LAWFULLY-OWNED
FIREARMS AS THE HEADLINER OF
THE MOST FAR REACHING GUN
CONTROL AGENDA PRESENTED TO THE
AMERICAN VOTER.
IT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY STRONG
STATEMENT.
DO YOU STILL STAND BY THAT,
MARK?
>> WE DO STAND BY THAT.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN BACK IN JULY OF 2019
JOE BIDEN STOOD ON THE DEBATE
STAGE WITH ALL THE OTHER
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND SAID
THE FIREARM INDUSTRY IS THE
ENEMY.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT ME, TRACE.
I’M A 25 YEAR MARINE CORPS
VETERAN AND SERVED MY NATION AS
AN OATH OF SERVICE TO UPHOLD
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND
HE IS CALLING ME AND MY
INDUSTRY THAT PROVIDES LAW
ENFORCEMENT THE MILITARY THEIR
FIREARMS, HE CALLED US THE
ENEMY.
ALL THE POLICIES THAT HE HAS
LAID OUT ARE DEMONSTRATING HE
IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE
WILL TO DESTROY THIS INDUSTRY.
>> Trace: WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR