people that are young don t grow up to being so hateful of the world. i think that s great. this kid, this killer, he had a lot of intervention. people did flag him. they did know he was a ticking time bomb of some kind. he was expelled from school because he had been so disruptive and there had been violent outbursts in the past. before it gets to that point, having school counselors, yes, absolutely. whatever it takes to be able to flag any sort of mental health issue that s cropping up. brandon, back to my question, how are you all able to do this? you guys have just lived through an ordeal. how are you finding the strength to organize and be able to get your message out? i think, as delaney said so beautifully, this is our way to make a difference. we want to honor those that passed unfortunately last wednesday, on valentine s day. and by speaking out against gun
million guns were purchased by americans. now, that s an appalling figure for many people. 160 million guns yep, yep, got it. and during that period of time, violent crime in america went down 52% and the murder rate went down 54%. jack, let me ask you this. i hear your statistic. that s an important statistic for those who but why went it comes to gun violence do you want to talk about everything except guns? i m willing to talk about guns. but i also want to have facts. when people say an ar-15 assault rifle, which it isn t wait, with wait, with hoait,. it s not an assault rifle. why are you protecting the ar-15 and how do you define that? an assault rifle is when you pull the trigger and it fires multiple rounds. no, that s an automatic weapon. when you say an assault rifle, it s a weapon of war. jack, come on. okay, let s talk about it, a weapon of war. david, do you deer hunt?
joining us now to talk about all of this, we have cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and cnn analyst david gregory. you ve expressed some skepticism that anything s going to change and i think you re wrong. the reason that i think you re wrong is already these kids have gotten lawmakers attention. already, the republican-run state legislature in florida is announcing that these are the measures that they re looking at. let me just read them for you. they re already considering raising the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21. why is it harder for teenagers to buy a pack of cigarettes than it is for them to buy an ar-15? they are going to create a waiting period for purchasing my type of firearm. a longer waiting period, so they can do more extensive background checks. ban bump stocks, finally. this could be in some legislation in florida. create gun violence restraining orders, like the kind we now see in connecticut following what happened in newtown. so already, the fact th
terrorist jack, listen hold on, jack, let david talk. let david go ahead, david. make your point. here s the point. here s what the american people are crying out for leadership on. they want universal and comprehensive background checks. they want it to be as difficult to get an assault weapon as it is to get a security clearance in this white house. and they want to see dramatic enforcement of the laws on the books. you don t get to choose which one of those three will stop gun violence. it s going to take all of them. let s put on hollywood gratuitous violence and bloodsh bloodshed, which these kids have been inundated with all their life, let s put on mental health, when you look at the background of most of these people who are perpetrated this, there have been all kinds of red flags. in this case, 36 house calls to the house by the local police yes, and he could still legally buy a gun, jack. he could still legally buy a gun. by the way, an ar-15 why not d