The president of the National Rifle Association said on Sunday there isn't enough support in Congress to pass a new assault weapons ban. 
 
 "I would say that the likelihood is that there not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress," David Keene said on CNN's "State of the Union." 
 
 Keene caveated the claim by saying that President Barack Obama has indicated he will invest political capital on the issue and could change the outcome. 
 
 And Keene said he didn't think Congress could pass a law limiting the sale of high capacity magazines because the pieces are so cheap it would be difficult to make the argument that they can be regulated. 
 
 "Even David Gregory could find one," Keene said, referring to the host of NBC's "Meet the Press" who was investigated by the Washington D.C. police after showing one on his program. 
 
 Pressed by host Candy Crowley about the allegiance of the NRA and whether it operates to protect gun owners or gun manufacturers. Keene argued that the bulk of their support came from gun owners. 
 
 "We get less money from the industry than we would like to get, but we get more money than we use to," Keene said. 
 
 Crowley asked Keene if the NRA was intentionally trying to "gin up" fear that government was going to take away people's guns in order to increase sales and profits for gun manufacturers. 
 
 "The two people who were selling so called assault rifles are Sen. [Dianne] Feinstein and President Obama," Keene said. "They're the ones scaring people, not us." 
 
 Read more about: NRA, Candy Crowley, Gun Control, David Keene ||||| Sen. Joe Manchin, a member of the NRA, says an assault weapons ban can't pass through Congress if it's not part of comprehensive legislation. 
 
 "Assault weapons stand alone ban on just guns alone will not in the political reality that we have today will not go anywhere," Manchin said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "It has to be comprehensive and that's what I tried to tell the vice president and I've told everybody, it has to be a comprehensive approach." 
 
 The West Virginia Democrat is often evoked by those pushing for stricter gun regulations in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Manchin, who infamously aired a campaign commercial during his first Senate run that depicted him shooting a copy of the cap and trade bill. 
 
 In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Manchin was one of the first moderate Democrats to signal that he could support some stricter laws, emphasizing that any approach on gun violence must also include mental health care and violent video games. 
 
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– There's no way gun control advocates have the votes to get an assault weapons ban through Congress, NRA President David Keene told CNN today. "I would say that the likelihood is that they're not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress," he said, adding that limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines was equally unlikely. "Even David Gregory could find one," he said. Politico notes that when State of the Union host Candy Crowley asked if the NRA was using scare tactics to spur gun sales, Keene responded, "The two people who were selling so-called assault rifles are Sen. [Dianne] Feinstein and President Obama. They're the ones scaring people, not us." Joe Manchin, a pro-gun Democrat who voiced openness to gun regulation in wake of the Newtown massacre, sounded a similarly skeptical note on Crowley's show. "Assault weapons stand alone ban on just guns alone will not in the political reality that we have today go anywhere," said the West Virginia senator. "It has to be comprehensive and that's what I tried to tell the vice president and I've told everybody, it has to be a comprehensive approach."