are saying that the gunman who carried out this nation's latest mass shooting this one in texas able to buy the weapons because the air force failed to report his 2012 domestic violence court-martial to a federal database used for background checks. the suspect was found guilty while in the air force of fracturing his baby stepson's skull. and an assaulting his first wife. he was confined for a year and given a bad conduct discharge in 2014. the same year that he bought the first of four weapons. former airman used one of those weapons to kill 26 people sunday at a church in sutherland springs, texas. here's what president trump said today. >> we have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries, but this isn't a guns situation. this is a mental health problem at the highest level. it's a very, very sad event. it's a -- these are great people. and a very, very sad event but that's the way i view it. >> this is a mental health problem at the highest level. yes, it is.