Crosstalk: January 16, 2015

Erich Pratt is the director of communications for Gun Owners of America. He is the author of the book: 'Bearing Arms: Our Rights, Our Duties & Our Freedoms.' He has also authored a civil government textbook: 'The Constitutional Recipe for Freedom: Twelve Principles of Liberty Today's Politicians Don't Want You to Know.' This edition of Crosstalk covered many aspects of gun ownership, especially as it pertains to registration and confiscation. Below are just some of the related issues that Vic and Erich look at: --Operation Choke Point. Erich noted that this is another example of President Obama using his phone and pen to try and implement his agenda without legislation from Congress. The operation puts the squeeze on banks and credit lending agencies, telling them that they can't lend or process credit card transactions for anyone in the gun industry. --A planned attack on the U.S. Capitol by an ISIS sympathizer was recently stopped. Incidents like this are a concern for Erich on one level because of gun-free zones that are in place around America. He indicated that if you go back to the 1950's, all but 2 of the public mass shootings in our nation have occurred in gun free zones where people can't defend themselves.