>>> " morning joe " today, new york city mayor michael bloomberg called on president obama and mitt romney to explain what they'd do to stop guns violence.
>> during the next presidential term, you will see 48,000 americans shot with illegal guns. how can you run for that job without having a plan of, what are you going to do?
>> msnbc's richard lui is here now with a look at guns in america and what has become a rekindled debate over gun control . richard, good morning.
>> good morning, chris. the aurora shooting suspect invested almost $6,000 on his arsenal $1,100 for his ar-15 assault rifle , $1,500 each for a glock .40-caliber handguns, and his remmington 12-gauge shotgun, $400. fueling those guns, 6,000 rounds bought online, his body armor , including helmet, almost $1,000. as these details emerge, so, again, has the gun control debate.
>> weapons of war don't belong on the streets. you know, we've got to sit down and really comes to grips with what is sold to the average citizen in america.
>> everything should be looked at, but to think that somehow gun control is, or increased gun control is the answer in my view, that would have to be proved.
>> as for the candidates, president obama wrote this after the tucson shooting last year. "we should check someone's criminal record before he can check out at a gun seller. there's room for us to have reasonable laws that uphold liberty, ensure citizen safety, and are fully compatible with a robust second amendment." governor mitt romney in 2007 said on the issue, "when the brady bill was first passed, there really wasn't the kind of internet that we have to make an instant check. today, we can." going on to say, "i don't think for a minute that checking someone's background to make sure they're not a criminal or they're not insane is in any way a violation of the second amendment." but critics like new york mayor michael bloomberg want more. they point to years like 2010 , when 171 firearm injuries and 24 deaths happened every day, on average, according to the cdc and fbi. while home gun ownership has trended down from the '90s, as you see here, in the last year it has ticked up slightly to 47% in terms of home ownership , according to gallup. now, objection to a handgun ban has hit an all-time high. that's gone up, up to 73%, saying no ban is needed. now, the reason, perhaps, here, as political rights , democrats who embraced a ban are gone, and those in office have had tough fights with the gun lobby .
>> during the next presidential term, you will see 48,000 americans shot with illegal guns. how can you run for that job without having a plan of, what are you going to do?
>> msnbc's richard lui is here now with a look at guns in america and what has become a rekindled debate over gun control . richard, good morning.
>> good morning, chris. the aurora shooting suspect invested almost $6,000 on his arsenal $1,100 for his ar-15 assault rifle , $1,500 each for a glock .40-caliber handguns, and his remmington 12-gauge shotgun, $400. fueling those guns, 6,000 rounds bought online, his body armor , including helmet, almost $1,000. as these details emerge, so, again, has the gun control debate.
>> weapons of war don't belong on the streets. you know, we've got to sit down and really comes to grips with what is sold to the average citizen in america.
>> everything should be looked at, but to think that somehow gun control is, or increased gun control is the answer in my view, that would have to be proved.
>> as for the candidates, president obama wrote this after the tucson shooting last year. "we should check someone's criminal record before he can check out at a gun seller. there's room for us to have reasonable laws that uphold liberty, ensure citizen safety, and are fully compatible with a robust second amendment." governor mitt romney in 2007 said on the issue, "when the brady bill was first passed, there really wasn't the kind of internet that we have to make an instant check. today, we can." going on to say, "i don't think for a minute that checking someone's background to make sure they're not a criminal or they're not insane is in any way a violation of the second amendment." but critics like new york mayor michael bloomberg want more. they point to years like 2010 , when 171 firearm injuries and 24 deaths happened every day, on average, according to the cdc and fbi. while home gun ownership has trended down from the '90s, as you see here, in the last year it has ticked up slightly to 47% in terms of home ownership , according to gallup. now, objection to a handgun ban has hit an all-time high. that's gone up, up to 73%, saying no ban is needed. now, the reason, perhaps, here, as political rights , democrats who embraced a ban are gone, and those in office have had tough fights with the gun lobby .