from a military perspective, your thoughts. i talked to military personnel on this debate over guns and what type of weapons civilians should have in their hands. col. ralph peters said i draw the line at the semi automatic weapons, they shouldn't have them. >> i don't get into those debates. i'm just another citizen. my opinion is protect kids in school, a kid with a gun right now who is thinking about doing this, we have 2 protect those kids. the level of violence has gone up in ways most of us find unacceptable. we can debate with the reasons are. we have to protect our kids. this is not necessarily a gun issue. the kids in school who are potential problems, there are human ways to take care of those kids and other people in the