This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi. What is politics at its core? It's the process

of governance, advocacy for material self-interest, the debate over the expansion of values via

the rule of law. But behind all that, there also lies something else, creeds or beliefs

that guide all of the actions we just talked about. Now I say this because time and again,

in the debate over guns in America, one specific creed has animated groups who oppose gun control.

It's the belief that restrictions on gun ownership can put the nation on the path towards tyranny.

We heard it again just last week from Texas Republican Representative Jody Aarrington as the house of

representatives debated a new set of gun safety provisions. We have preserved this great beacon of

liberty, this shining city on the hill because of that founding principle that the second amendment

is the citizens last check on an abusive government. Folks, that's the context to the second amendment.

It's not just to give East Texans and West Texans a hunting license. That last check on an abusive

government, this is a decades old creed and it came into the American mainstream by way of the

National Rifle Association. Listen to the conviction expressed by an NRA member in a 1977 segment

of CBS's 60 Minutes. Take the guns away from the American citizen. This country will go communist

this like Russia or any other. It's been a proven fact through history.

45 years later, the belief remains steadfast, even as the United States endure some of the worst

gun violence in the world. That recent house debate took place shortly after the mass murder of

children and teachers in Yovalday, Texas. Representative Errington grieved the death of his fellow

Texans. But again, he couched those losses against his belief that with gun control, Americans also

risk losing freedom. And I think it's critical as we grieve with our brothers and sisters in

Ubali. And it is heartbreaking and unthinkable to see that tragedy play out and to see these

families suffer. But I think it is incumbent upon mature lawmakers and leaders of the greatest

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