brought legislative reactions from washington. between 1934 and 1994, congress passed at least four laws in response to gun crimes. it was something, at least. so what will it take to break the cycle? mike waldman, you have thought about this issue a lot and you have written about this issue. basic question to begin with. does this moment feel different? i've covered a number of these shootings. people hope that it will, people sense that it will. does this time feel different to you? >> well, it does feel different, but it's often felt different before and then, sadly, i feels the same as passions fade and people move on. as a lot of people have noted, we're not the only country with people with mental illness. we're not the only country with violent video games. they watch a lot more of them in japan than they do here. we're not the only country with white supremacists. but we are the only country with 400 million guns. that's one of the main reasons we have this constant problem of shootings. i think the things that do seem different this time, first of