loughner, he did certainly have record of mental issues but he also was able to get guns. these are state laws that vary a bit from arizona to colorado, from state to state. it is supposed to be illegal for mentally unstable people to get guns but those kinds of laws are very easily circumvented, gotten around. the problem is the access ability. >> in your article, michael, you begin by saying that there is no collective will in this country to prevent another tragedy like this from happening again. you say this on the heels of what happened this morning when you talked about, we heard, governor hickenlooper, bill bratton we just heard from, representative, carol mccarthy. they are all talking about why we need to have some element of gun control. explain this mentality. >> it is very simple. both parties are afraid of the national rifle association. the republican party, i wouldn't say afraid. the republican party more or lessen dor less endorses all the position. the democratic party is afraid