Booker: Gun Violence Has Been ‘Normalized’ in This Country; ‘I Don’t Accept’ that We Can’t Solve It

KARL So you just ░░░░░░░░ a 14 point gun ░░░░░░░░ on guns that has ░░░░░░░░ called the most ambitious ░░░░░░░░ to deal with the ░░░░░░░░ issue of any of ░░░░░░░░ Democratic candidates How are ░░░░░░░░ going to get this ░░░░░░░░ BOOKER Well the first ░░░░░░░░ you get this done ░░░░░░░░ stop having a debate ░░░░░░░░ the corporate gun lobby ░░░░░░░░ terms They ve been ░░░░░░░░ this debate and telling ░░░░░░░░ what we can t ░░░░░░░░ American history is a ░░░░░░░░ to doing things people ░░░░░░░░ was impossible My parents ░░░░░░░░ the folks that I ░░░░░░░░ personally who were fighting ░░░░░░░░ the civil rights movement ░░░░░░░░ gave up when Congress ░░░░░░░░ t pass civil rights ░░░░░░░░ Again and again it ░░░░░░░░ The longest filibuster Strom ░░░░░░░░ s filibuster against civil ░░░░░░░░ movement People thought that ░░░░░░░░ impossible but they changed ░░░░░░░░ terms of the debate ░░░░░░░░ expanding the moral imagination ░░░░░░░░ this country Now I ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ America in my short ░░░░░░░░ on this planet 50 ░░░░░░░░ we ve had more ░░░░░░░░ killed by gun violence ░░░░░░░░ every single war combined ░░░░░░░░ the Revolutionary War through ░░░░░░░░ War I World War ░░░░░░░░ Vietnam all the wars ░░░░░░░░ more people killed the ░░░░░░░░ 50 years by gun ░░░░░░░░ That has been normalized ░░░░░░░░ what have we done ░░░░░░░░ in the synagogue We ░░░░░░░░ nothing Massacre here in ░░░░░░░░ Carolina in a church ░░░░░░░░ do nothing Massacre in ░░░░░░░░ mom s city of ░░░░░░░░ Vegas We do nothing ░░░░░░░░ But look at how ░░░░░░░░ after Newtown he went ░░░░░░░░ try to just get ░░░░░░░░ background checks which is ░░░░░░░░ is just a fraction ░░░░░░░░ BOOKER You sound like ░░░░░░░░ I encountered when I ░░░░░░░░ took over city hall ░░░░░░░░ chief executive KARL I ░░░░░░░░ but are you saying ░░░░░░░░ Obama didn t try ░░░░░░░░ enough You re looking ░░░░░░░░ a Senate that is ░░░░░░░░ to be every bit ░░░░░░░░ as tough as the ░░░░░░░░ that Barack Obama faced ░░░░░░░░ Well again when I ░░░░░░░░ mayor of the city ░░░░░░░░ Newark one of the ░░░░░░░░ I used to not ░░░░░░░░ tolerate was people telling ░░░░░░░░ Hey we tried this ░░░░░░░░ We couldn t get ░░░░░░░░ done KARL I m ░░░░░░░░ asking how you re ░░░░░░░░ to do it CROSSTALK ░░░░░░░░ What you re saying ░░░░░░░░ that hey we have ░░░░░░░░ in this country like ░░░░░░░░ s a uniquely American ░░░░░░░░ And we can t ░░░░░░░░ it I don t ░░░░░░░░ that at all When ░░░░░░░░ did licensing their shootings ░░░░░░░░ their murders dropped 40 ░░░░░░░░ dropped 15 These are ░░░░░░░░ that have been tried ░░░░░░░░ done and that work.