Subject: Re: BS and guns
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: John Anzalone <[email-masked]>
Cc: Kate Offerdahl <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, David Binder <[email-masked]>, Ellen Esterhay <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, J
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 15:24:51 -0400

Circling back around on guns as a follow up to the Friday morning
discussion: the Today show has indicated they definitely plan to ask bout
guns, and so to have the discussion be more of a news event than her
previous times discussing guns, we are going to background reporters
tonight on a few of the specific proposals she would support as President -
universal background checks of course, but also closing the gun show
loophole by executive order and imposing manufacturer liability.

On Friday, October 2, 2015, John Anzalone <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Here is the BS interview last night on tragedy/guns last night I
> referenced on the call where he punts on gun manufacturer liability.  He
> also keeps using the term “sensible” gun legislation
>
> *MSNBC’s All in With Chris Hayes: Bernie Sanders on Gun Control and Oregon
> Shooting*
>
>
>
> Link:
> http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=5d507cd6-3074-4f06-aabe-41c26000012a
>
>
>
> Rough Transcript
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* i just spoke with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,
> vermont senator, and i asked him for his reaction to today's mass shooting.
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *you know, chris, i saw the president's statement. and i
> know him well enough to know that this was very personal for him, that he
> is disgusted, he is angry, he is sick and tired, as we all are, of sending
> our condolences to the families of people who have been murdered in cold
> blood. and the president is right. condolences are not enough. we've got to
> do something. we have to stop shooting at each other. we need sensible gun
> control legislation. and by the way, we need to significantly improve
> mental health services in the united states of america. and i pledge to do
> everything that i can in both of those areas.
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* yeah, if you were elected president is this something that
> would be a priority for you? have you thought about how you go about
> putting in place the policies that could reduce the amount of mass
> shootings we see?
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *well, i don't think anyone has all the answers, but i
> think some of the components are first of all guns should not be in the
> hands of people who should not have them. people who have criminal records,
> people who are mentally ill. and that means we need a very strong instant
> background check system. number two, we have a huge loophole right now in
> gun legislation in that unlicensed gun dealers can sell guns at these gun
> shows. that's the gun show loophole, which has to be eliminated. and in my
> view, which is somewhat controversial, i don't think in this country we
> should be selling or distributing weapons of mass -- weapons that are
> designed just to kill people, automatic weapons, military type weapons. and
> that's what i voted for. but what we need, chris, as a nation is to get
> beyond the shouting. some people want to ban every gun in america and some
> people believe in nothing at all. i think the vast majority of the american
> people, as the president indicated, including gun owners, and i know that's
> true here in vermont, want sensible gun control legislation and they also
> believe that we should have more access to mental health facilities and
> counselors than we presently do. the bottom line is if somebody is
> suicidal, somebody is homicidal, you've got to make sure that person gets
> care and attention immediately, not two months from today.
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* you reference that your constituents in vermont, a state
> of course you represent, that's a state that it's my understanding of the
> statistics has relatively high levels of gun ownership, relatively low
> levels of gun violence. compared to some other states.
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *yeah.
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* you also -- you voted for some gun safety legislation and
> against others. you voted for the brady bill, for instant background
> checks, against a bill that would have allowed lawsuits against gun
> companies. has your thinking on this evolved over time? have you been
> influenced in how you think about it in discussions with your constituents
> who are gun owners?
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *well, i think we are all disgusted and horrified by
> these mass killings. and as the president indicated, we're tired of sending
> condolences and we know that it could happen tomorrow, it could happen
> again a month from now. i have voted as i said a moment ago for what i
> think is the most important provision, and that is strong instant
> background checks to make sure that people who should not have guns do not
> have guns. and i have voted to eliminate this gun show loophole, which is
> what we have got to do. and i think, chris --
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* but the fact --
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *-- that at the end of the day --
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* if i could just say, senator --
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *yes.
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* there's two things about this. one is it strikes me it may
> prove to be a more difficult policy problem than we're prepared to admit
> about keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people. and it may be that
> that isn't enough. the sort of items that you've indicated, that if we need
> to take a more robust approach like, say, in australia or england, which
> the president mentioned today.
>
> *BERNIE SANDERS: *well, i don't -- i don't know that anybody knows what
> the magic solution is. what we do know is the current situation is not
> tenable. it is clearly not working. and as the president indicated we can
> and must do a lot better. i believe -- i'll tell you what else i believe.
> you can sit there and say i think we should do this and do that states in
> this country where but you've got a whole lot of people want virtually no
> gun control at all. and if we are going to have some success we are going
> to have to start talking to each other. and here's what i think is the good
> news, that i think there is a consensus for serious gun control including
> among people who own guns. and i think that's what we have to bring about.
> and the fact we have folks in congress who don't even want us to get
> information about shootings in this country and fatalities, that's pretty
> crazy stuff. so i think the job is to bring people together and say yes,
> we've got to move forward, we've got to move forward aggressively, stop the
> shouting and let's work together to do something that's realistic.
>
> *CHRIS HAYES:* senator Bernie Sanders.
>
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> From: Kate Offerdahl <[email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>>
> Date: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 6:01 AM
> To: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]
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> Fallon <[email-masked]
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> Subject: Accomplishments for 8AM
>
> Dear all,
>
> Please see the below foreign policy accomplishments, for discussion on
> today's 8am call.
>
> Thanks!
> Kate
>
>
> *She has a long list of accomplishments, but to name 3…:*
>
>
>
>
>    - She built the toughest sanctions regime on Iran in history, twisting
>    arms in China, Russia, and dozens of other countries, to force Iran to the
>    negotiating table. And when pressure started working, she sent her closest
>    aides to explore a deal that would cut off Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon.
>
>
>
>
>    - She personally negotiated an end to Hamas rockets raining down on
>    Israel in 2012 and worked to build stronger defense programs for Israel,
>    including upgrading the Iron Dome rocket defense system, which has saved
>    the lives of so many Israelis.
>
>
>
>
>    - She fought to make women's rights a priority in international
>    relations. She stood up against sex trafficking of women and children,
>    intervened in Saudi Arabia to prevent child marriage, and led the fight for
>    a UN Security Council resolution to combat sexual violence against women
>    and children around the world that passed unanimously.
>
>
>
> *…And 3 more….*
>
>
>
>
>    - She oversaw negotiation and worked to ensure ratification of the New
>    START treaty, which will make the world safer by reducing U.S. and Russian
>    nuclear arsenals to their smallest size in 50 years.
>
>
>
>
>    - She helped build the unprecedented global effort to combat climate
>    change, joining with President Obama to stand up to the Chinese in
>    Copenhagen and get them to take responsibility for the first time,
>    resulting in last year’s major climate agreement.
>
>
>
>
>    - She stood up to Russia, China, and Iran on internet freedom and
>    fought for the “freedom to connect” around the world.
>
>
>