in real life, nothing is simple. we don t really know why the incidence of n school shootings has risen even at the proportion of households with firearms has dropped. we ought tohy do our best to fid out. the self-righteous kids screaming at you on television over the weekend aren t helping atn. all. erika thomas is a georgia state representative and advocate of gun control and she joins us. representative thomas, thanks for coming on. what do you think would happen if we tried to confiscate assault weapons from law-abiding americans? well, yes, it s about how what happened back in 1994. we had a ban on assault rifles. mass shootings went down by 43%. that s what we want to happen. we want mass shootings to go down. i think that s the most important point in this matter. tucker: didn t columbine take place during the assault weapons ban and didn t the overall rate remain unchanged?