MSNBC’s Jansing on Texas: This ‘Puzzles’ Foreign Countries Like Japan with ‘Restrictive Gun Laws’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT We just ░░░░░░░░ an update from Sarah ░░░░░░░░ the press secretary Who ░░░░░░░░ a statement and said ░░░░░░░░ president has been briefed ░░░░░░░░ times Is continuing to ░░░░░░░░ regular updates about the ░░░░░░░░ shooting in Texas Presumably ░░░░░░░░ soon if not all ░░░░░░░░ the president then knows ░░░░░░░░ the 14 year old ░░░░░░░░ of the pastor is ░░░░░░░░ the victims there in ░░░░░░░░ and also the name ░░░░░░░░ the shooter which is ░░░░░░░░ other piece of breaking ░░░░░░░░ that you have been ░░░░░░░░ over just the last ░░░░░░░░ minutes The statement goes ░░░░░░░░ to say that the ░░░░░░░░ spoke with Texas governor ░░░░░░░░ earlier this morning and ░░░░░░░░ they re going to ░░░░░░░░ us posted Maybe provide ░░░░░░░░ details about that and ░░░░░░░░ our thoughts and prayers ░░░░░░░░ with all of the ░░░░░░░░ and families affected May ░░░░░░░░ comfort them all in ░░░░░░░░ time of tragedy Of ░░░░░░░░ the president has had ░░░░░░░░ times over just the ░░░░░░░░ of the last month ░░░░░░░░ he had to respond ░░░░░░░░ tragedy Just last week ░░░░░░░░ New York City when ░░░░░░░░ man drove a truck ░░░░░░░░ on the westside highway ░░░░░░░░ eight people were killed ░░░░░░░░ dozen or more were ░░░░░░░░ Then of course in ░░░░░░░░ Vegas that horrific shooting ░░░░░░░░ 59 people were killed ░░░░░░░░ than 500 were injured ░░░░░░░░ course you cannot have ░░░░░░░░ situation like this where ░░░░░░░░ question isn t raised ░░░░░░░░ what do we do ░░░░░░░░ this ongoing situation in ░░░░░░░░ United States where people ░░░░░░░░ killing each other in ░░░░░░░░ numbers After Las Vegas ░░░░░░░░ president said we ll ░░░░░░░░ talking about gun laws ░░░░░░░░ time goes on And ░░░░░░░░ course the conversation then ░░░░░░░░ about bump stops Those ░░░░░░░░ pretty simple pieces that ░░░░░░░░ can add on to ░░░░░░░░ semiautomatic rifle to turn ░░░░░░░░ into the machine gun ░░░░░░░░ never was ever done ░░░░░░░░ the federal law It ░░░░░░░░ t something that the ░░░░░░░░ talked about There was ░░░░░░░░ couple of days ago ░░░░░░░░ even yesterday that Massachusetts ░░░░░░░░ the first state to ░░░░░░░░ bump stops but on ░░░░░░░░ federal level nothing happened ░░░░░░░░ Newtown or Gabby giffords ░░░░░░░░ Steve Scalise was shot ░░░░░░░░ well The question is ░░░░░░░░ we might hear from ░░░░░░░░ president well at the ░░░░░░░░ of the hour he ░░░░░░░░ scheduled to be at ░░░░░░░░ U S Ambassador residence ░░░░░░░░ was a meeting with ░░░░░░░░ businessman he might stop ░░░░░░░░ the pool that s ░░░░░░░░ there and make a ░░░░░░░░ comments Then much later ░░░░░░░░ midnight 12 30 A ░░░░░░░░ there is a joint ░░░░░░░░ conference scheduled with prime ░░░░░░░░ Abe So there will ░░░░░░░░ an opportunity if he ░░░░░░░░ t have anything to ░░░░░░░░ or even if he ░░░░░░░░ to ask those questions ░░░░░░░░ exactly what happened in ░░░░░░░░ and what they think ░░░░░░░░ he thinks can be ░░░░░░░░ about it One final ░░░░░░░░ I will make is ░░░░░░░░ he is in an ░░░░░░░░ of the world that ░░░░░░░░ some of the most ░░░░░░░░ gun laws and as ░░░░░░░░ result has at least ░░░░░░░░ can also say has ░░░░░░░░ of the smallest numbers ░░░░░░░░ deaths by guns So ░░░░░░░░ is something that often ░░░░░░░░ you travel across the ░░░░░░░░ whether it s in ░░░░░░░░ or Europe puzzles our ░░░░░░░░ and allies about the ░░░░░░░░ shootings but again for ░░░░░░░░ president for the third ░░░░░░░░ a month the comforter ░░░░░░░░ chief. Yasmin?”