Eugene Robinson: We Need to Look at Gun Confiscation Like They Did in Australia

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Chuck Todd ░░░░░░░░ back the panel is ░░░░░░░░ Hugh Hewitt host on ░░░░░░░░ Salem Radio Network and ░░░░░░░░ MSNBC has his own ░░░░░░░░ here on Saturdays MSNBC ░░░░░░░░ News White House correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Welker Carol Lee one ░░░░░░░░ our newest national political ░░░░░░░░ right here at NBC ░░░░░░░░ and last but not ░░░░░░░░ The Washington Post s ░░░░░░░░ Robinson Let me just ░░░░░░░░ the conversation this way ░░░░░░░░ and Hugh I want ░░░░░░░░ both to get in ░░░░░░░░ this everybody Here s ░░░░░░░░ Noonan And here is ░░░░░░░░ horror for me of ░░░░░░░░ Vegas I was not ░░░░░░░░ That shatters me she ░░░░░░░░ It s not the ░░░░░░░░ normal it is the ░░░░░░░░ abnormal and deep down ░░░░░░░░ know it s not ░░░░░░░░ to stop Eugene ROBINSON ░░░░░░░░ no It s not ░░░░░░░░ to stop And you ░░░░░░░░ these things happen they ░░░░░░░░ awful they re tragic ░░░░░░░░ then we start the ░░░░░░░░ debate non debate Because ░░░░░░░░ reason it s a ░░░░░░░░ debate is that we ░░░░░░░░ Well what specific piece ░░░░░░░░ legislation could have stopped ░░░░░░░░ incident Chuck Todd Right ░░░░░░░░ ROBINSON And you can ░░░░░░░░ put your finger on ░░░░░░░░ And therefore you can ░░░░░░░░ talk about any piece ░░░░░░░░ legislation that might have ░░░░░░░░ the last one or ░░░░░░░░ stop the next one ░░░░░░░░ there are 300 million ░░░░░░░░ in this country And ░░░░░░░░ a real gun debate ░░░░░░░░ to look at that ░░░░░░░░ 300 million guns And ░░░░░░░░ need you know to ░░░░░░░░ at what was done ░░░░░░░░ a place like Australia ░░░░░░░░ they had a gun ░░░░░░░░ And gun control is ░░░░░░░░ according to the Supreme ░░░░░░░░ And so if Congress ░░░░░░░░ to decide it won ░░░░░░░░ happen were to decide ░░░░░░░░ automatic assault rifles long ░░░░░░░░ are something that military ░░░░░░░░ weapons are something that ░░░░░░░░ should not have they ░░░░░░░░ be police and military ░░░░░░░░ and we re going ░░░░░░░░ buy them back that ░░░░░░░░ have an impact It ░░░░░░░░ not going to happen ░░░░░░░░ that would have an ░░░░░░░░ And that s what ░░░░░░░░ debate ought to be.