off the train of doing anything about gun control. so there's that issue. once the democrats start pushing bans, the issue falls apart. the other one kim mentioned is mental health. in virtually all of the shootings, whether in florida, newtown, aurora, university of west virginia, every one of the shooters was severely mentally ill. donald trump mentioned that in his cpac speech. he talked about this. this is basically off the table as far as congress is concerned. that's not in the middle of the argument we're having right now. washington post did a poll on this in the past week. 77% of respondents said mental illness was the primary cause of the shootings. >> bill? >> i think mental illness is a big part of it but it's not the only part. politically, the republicans are in a position because there's a republican congress and a republican president to do something. i'm very skeptical. i'm not a gun owner, have no desire to own a gun. but apart from the