crime in america has more than doubled. it's come down from its worst in the late 80s and early to mid 90s. but we are talking about 1.2 million violent crimes a year. almost 15,000 murders a year. and this, as horrible -- and this is amongst the most horrible i have ever imagined, this is the 18th mass murder event of this year. and the year isn't over. > shannon: have we become untethered from our moral or spiritual, even our family bonds, our community bonds? >> i think we have. i think that's actually a missing element of the coverage so far. although i hope, going forward, we'll talk more about the spiritual issues because in the end, this isn't primarily a gun control or mental health issue, those are the issues that should be discussed. we are talking about the moral and spiritual disarmament. people are driving god out, saying christ shouldn't be in