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Scully, Steven - Host
MORNING , PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN HAWAII THIS WEEKEND FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WITH HIS FAMILY. HE WILL JOIN A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LATER TODAY LED...
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| 00:03:21 |
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BE A BITTER FIGHT BUT I THINK SOME DRASTIC ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS BURDENSOME FOR THE GUN OWNER AS IT IS FOR A CAR OWNER. REGISTRATION,...
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| 00:04:35 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL. FROM FACEBOOK -- FROM TWITTER -- DALE IS JOINING US ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE FROM ALBUQUERQUE -- CALLER: GOOD MORNING,
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| 00:05:10 |
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I HOPE AMERICA THINKS ABOUT THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE. SOMEONE SAID THE ONLY WAY TO STOP A BAD PERSON IS TO HAVE A GOOD PERSON WITH AN ASSAULT WEAPON. NO...
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| 00:06:06 |
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GO TO THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM NEW YORK CITY. CALLER:HI, I AM A PHYSICIAN AND WORKED IN THE TIME OF SON OF SAM AND I TREATED ONE OF HIS LAST VICTIMS....
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| 00:06:46 |
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SHOULD VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE WHITE HOUSE ADDRESS THIS. MENTAL ILLNESS IS PART OF THE DEBATE AND WILL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. >> I THINK THEY
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| 00:06:56 |
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REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND BE ABLE TO INTERVENE MORE AGGRESSIVELY WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHEN PEOPLE SHOW A CONSISTENT PATTERN...
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| 00:07:28 |
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NOT NEW. IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE EXTENSIVE REPORT IN "THE WASHINGTON POST." THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, JOE BIDEN, WE WILL HEAR FROM...
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| 00:08:19 |
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SHATTERED. MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TAKEN A TRIP TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THE MOST IMPORTANT...
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| 00:10:29 |
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3, 1993, THE DEBATE OVER THE ASSAULT WEAPON BAN AND THE TESTIMONY OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE U.S. "THE NEW YORK TIMES"HAD THIS SENSE BOWL AND POIGNANT...
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| 00:11:09 |
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GOOD MORNING. WITH FREEDOM COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. OWNING A GUN IS A DEMONSTRATION OF FREEDOM BUT ALSO REQUIRES THAT YOU DEMONSTRATE RESPONSIBILITY...
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| 00:12:47 |
Scully, Steven - Host
SMITH -- WHAT DOES THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION STATE? A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING NECESSARY FOR A FREE STATE AND THE RIGHT OF...
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| 00:13:25 |
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FIGHT IF YOU CAN AFFORD NOT TO BUT IF YOU MUST FIGHT, DO NOT LOSE AND NOTHING LESS THAN FREEDOM IS AT STAKE, FIGHT. WE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE...
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| 00:14:15 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: THOSE OF THE WORDS OF SENATOR JOE MANCHIN WHO IS A GUN ADVOCATE. WE'RE TAKING YOUR CALLS AND COMMENTS -- WILL IT BE A BITTER FIGHT AHEAD? WE...
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| 00:15:04 |
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ARE WE GOING TO LOSE TO GUNS BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? I REMEMBER DURING THE 08 ELECTION, THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...
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| 00:15:35 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL -- LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THIS PHOTOGRAPH FROM "THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS." A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS TRIED TO FLEE AND LANZA SHOT TEEM. SOME OF...
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| 00:16:47 |
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SAY ONE THING AND I THINK THERE IS A CONNECTION THAT PEOPLE ARE OVERLOOKING -- I THINK PEOPLE ESPECIALLY RECENTLY AND AS FAR BACK AS TIMOTHY MCVEIGH...
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| 00:18:19 |
Scully, Steven - Host
AND THE COMMENT FROM "THE NEW YORK POST." - ABOVE THAT IS THE QUOTE FROM SWINE LAPIERRE - "THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS A BAD GUY WITH A GUN IS A GOOD...
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| 00:19:18 |
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MORE COPYCATS ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS FOR THEIR MOMENT OF FAME? FROM A NATIONAL MEDIA MACHINE THAT REWARDS THEM WITH WALL-TO- WALL ATTENTION AND A SENSE...
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| 00:20:22 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WAYNE LAPIERRE FRIDAY. THAT SPEECH IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, C-SPAN.ORG. WE GO BACK TO SENATOR JOE MANCHIN -- HE IS CALLING FOR A LARGER CONVERSATION...
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| 00:21:45 |
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I DON'T BELIEVE IN ASSAULT WEAPONS. I DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER POINTS AND HOPEFULLY I WILL NOT GET CUT OFF, I WILL MAKE THEM >>. WE...
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| 00:23:32 |
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THERE IS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT BUT THERE IS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. ALL WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE IS SEX AND VIOLENCE. THE...
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| 00:25:02 |
Scully, Steven - Host
ME MOVE ON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CALLER: LET
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| 00:25:07 |
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ME MAKE MY OTHER POINT -- WE'VE GOT TO STOP AND CONSIDER THAT A GUN DOES NOT PICK ITSELF UP, A HUMAN PICKS UP A GUN. HOST: THIS IS THE
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| 00:25:23 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HEADLINE FROM "THE CONNECTICUT POST" - FROM RESTON, VA., DEMOCRATS LINE --
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| 00:25:35 |
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CALLER: I HAVE A SUGGESTION. I THINK ENGLAND IS OUR GRANDMOTHER AND I KNOW THEY DON'T USE GUNS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE...
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| 00:26:22 |
Scully, Steven - Host
TWITTER -- OUR CALLS THIS MORNING IS FOCUSING ON THE BITTER FIGHT AHEAD ON THE ISSUE OF GUN CONTROL. WE GO TO ERIE, MICHIGAN, REPUBLICAN LINE.
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| 00:26:42 |
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A COUPLE OF GRANDSON'S ABOUT THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WERE KILLED. I THINK THE POLITICIANS ARE WASTING THEIR TIME. ANYBODY...
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| 00:27:18 |
Scully, Steven - Host
GET BACK TO "THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" -- THEIR TINY CASKETS NOT ONLY TOLD OF INNOCENCE LOST THE COMPOUND OF THE PAIN OF THE MONTH OF A CRIME THAT HAS...
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| 00:28:41 |
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THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IS ONE SENATOR WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR US TO GET THE FACTS OUT AND HAVE A DEBATE BASED ON THE FACTS. I, FOR ONE, DO THINK THERE...
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| 00:30:04 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE SENATE TOOK UP THE BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS. FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" -- HE IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE RUMOR IS WORE A COAT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NRA....
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| 00:30:55 |
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HAS A NICE NAME YOU HAVE. HOW'RE YOU DOING, STEVE? THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED. PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR...
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| 00:31:51 |
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FROM GEORGIA. JUANITA FROM MICHIGAN. CALLER: I AM
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| 00:32:02 |
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SO GLAD THAT THE CONVERSATION IS OPENING UP TO A BROADER AREA THAN JUST GUNS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS TRAGEDY HAS HAPPENED. THE ENTERTAINMENT...
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| 00:33:57 |
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THE MOTHER MUCH. -- HOST: HERE ARE THE MAJOR SHOOTING -- MAJOR SHOOTERS, INVOLVED IN MASS KILLINGS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. TUCSON, ARIZONA, THE SHOOTING...
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| 00:35:17 |
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NRA IS COMPILING ALL ITS KNOWLEDGE, DEDICATION, AND RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A MODEL OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAMS. THAT IS FOR...
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| 00:36:12 |
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FROM THE CEO OF THE NRA. THE FRONT-PAGE HEADLINE -- FROM "THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER" -- BACK TO YOUR CALLS AND COMMENTS ON THE ISSUE OF GUN CONTROL. WHAT...
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| 00:36:37 |
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GOOD MORNING. OKAY, GIVE ME A COUPLE OF SECONDS. FIRST OF ALL, I HEAR EVERYBODY CALLING IN, TALKING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS. HOW DO YOU DEFINE MENTAL ILLNESS?...
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| 00:38:30 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL. A LOOK AT THIS MORNING, THE FRONT PAGE OF "THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" -- MARK IS ON THE PHONE FROM MINNESOTA, THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER:
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| 00:38:46 |
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GOOD MORNING, STEVE. A LOT OF INTERESTING VIEWPOINT COMING THROUGH THIS MORNING. IN THE PAST, C-SPAN HAS BEEN VERY FAIR AND BALANCED, AND I NOTICED THIS...
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| 00:39:00 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: I DO NOT THINK SO. BUT GO AHEAD. CALLER: YOU ARE
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| 00:39:05 |
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SHOWING GLIMPSES OF HEARINGS HELD IN THE PAST. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN HERE FOR GUN CONTROL. HOST: WE ALSO HEARD FROM
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| 00:39:14 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE NRA AND A NEW WEB VIDEO THEY'RE RELEASED.
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| 00:39:18 |
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CALLER: THE HEARINGS. I REMEMBER HEARING THESE HEARINGS WERE YOU HAD PEOPLE -- ONE WOMAN ACCUSED -- USED AN AR- 15 TO DEFEND HERSELF. GETTING BACK TO...
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| 00:40:17 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YORK POST" -- EMILIE, JOE IS IT -- JOSEPHINE, AND ANNA WERE BURIED YESTERDAY. BOB IS JOINING US FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: I...
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| 00:40:37 |
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THAT THE ASSAULT RIFLE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THE AUTOMOBILE -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TITLE TO THEM AND BUY INSURANCE AND THE HIGHER THE GUN POWER IS,...
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| 00:41:16 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: DOUBLE FOR THE CALL. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK SECTION -- WE ARE FEATURING THE -- "THE LAST LINE -- LION" INTERVIEW THIS EVENING. GAYLE JOINS...
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| 00:42:00 |
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WEAPONS CONTROVERSY, A COUPLE OF THINGS -- WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE CHILDREN WAS AWFUL. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE PEOPLE FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY WAS AWFUL....
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| 00:43:34 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: THANK YOU FOR THE CALL AND COMMENT. A BITTER FIGHT HAD ON GUN CONTROL, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST. WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME OF THE OPTIONS ON...
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| 00:45:35 |
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REMARK IS A TROUBLESOME AND PROBLEMATIC. IT SHOWS THAT THE VERY BEST, A LACK OF SENSITIVITY, AND AT THE VERY WORST, PREJUDICE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE...
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| 00:46:10 |
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BOATS. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF THINGS -- HE DECLINED TO SIGN SOME LETTERS IN THE SENATE THAT WERE RELATED, ISSUES RELATING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE ALSO...
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| 00:46:44 |
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THINGS ARE ALTERED. IT MEANS -- ARE ALL TRUE. >> DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE HIS POTENTIAL NOMINATION? >> I HAVE NOT COME OUT
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| 00:46:58 |
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IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. I HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT. I THINK THERE ARE A WARNING BELLS AND READ SIGNALS THAT I HOPE THAT THE PRESIDENT -- >>
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| 00:47:12 |
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WHAT GETS YOU TO A DECISION? HE IS NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY. WHAT I DO NOT DO THE APPOINTING. I WOULD NOT APPOINT HIM, IF I WAS DOING THE APPOINTING. >>...
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| 00:47:24 |
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OF NEW YORK, AS HE MOVES UP AS THE RANKING DEMOCRAT ON THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. YOU CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT 10:00 EASTERN TIME...
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| 00:48:09 |
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GOOD MORNING. AND TODAY'S NETWORK TV TALK SHOWS, THE DISCUSSION CONTINUES ON THE SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. ALSO GUN CONTROL AND THE NRA, NEGOTIATIONS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.