MoveOn’s Jean-Pierre: If We Put a Man on the Moon Why Can’t We Deal with Gun Violence?

RUSH EXCERPT:

REID: "That’s an important point. Nobody has called for gun reform legislation calling for taking away guns from hunters. I grew up in Colorado. Nobody is talking about that. Do you think that part of the reason the NRA has become so extreme is that they have competition? There’s another group called the gun owner’s group of America that is further to the right than the NRA. They issued a statement on this idea of bump stock legislation saying we see this as an item that is certainly protected by the Second Amendment and realistically they are already on the market, passing a law banning them won’t stop guys like the creep in Las Vegas. They added he’s a creep. That’s nice. Do you think their further extremism keeps the NRA in line and refing to do anything on gun control?" 
JEAN-PIERRE: "I think everybody is trying to out far right each other. At the end of the day, it’s up to Republicans. Republicans have to look themselves in the mirror and figure out are they owned by the NRA or do they work with the American people or for the American people. I don’t know how they can look at themselves in mirror after 20 young kids were murdered by gun violence and they did nothing. After two of their own were victims of gun violence, they did nothing. We’re living in an epidemic here. There have been 521 mass shootings in 477 days since Orlando. They have still done nothing. 11,000 people have died alone this year by gun violence. Nothing has been done. Joy, there was a time where a man got on an airplane with explosives in his shoes, and what happened after that? We were able to — now people have to take off their shoes before going through security and getting on a plane that only took one person. We are a country able to put a man on the moon. Why can’t we deal with this really important issue?"