lower. the law only requires a person be judged persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled. under that standard loughner might have gotten seen, might have gotten evaluated, might have gotten treated, might have been prevented at least from buying a gun. at this point there's no evidence anyone petitioned a court, not his parents, classmates, campus police or school administration. again, we don't know if he was getting private counseling but so far there's no evidence of this. joining us helen morrison, senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin and drew griffin. drew, you talked to the school administrators. they felt their main responsibility was just protecting kids on campus. do we know, did they make any effort to contact anybody with their concerns? outside the campus? >> reporter: just the parents. that was their main concern, to bring the parents in, to let them know the situation, to let them know they thought their son needed mental evaluation before he could return back to class. but again, they were following