mentally incompetent should be able to carry weapons to protect themselves and their loved ones. you know, you mentioned the assault weapons, and i'd like to interject something here. i hear that term frequently and i know what perhaps you, and at least many of your listeners, when they hear that word, assault weapon, they're picturing a tommy gun, they're picturing a machine gun that when you pull the trigger, it goes, you know, eh, eh, eh, eh, for lack of a better way of putting it, and that's simply not what a semiautomatic gun is. i carry a semiautomatic gun. most people who have concealed carry or open carry permits carry semiautomatic guns. all it means is that each time you pull the trigger, a bullet comes out. that's all it means. >> tom, you want to respond? >> yeah. you know, i find it interesting that on fox news the day of the shooting, one of the anchors said i cannot believe that this would have been anything other than an automatic weapon to have shot this many people in this short a period of time.