gutierrez s report from governor bobby jindal who echoes that as well. i want to ask you, another republican presidential candidate, rick perry, saying it quote, makes sense to allow people to bring guns to the movies. take a listen to more of what rick perry had to say. i will suggest to you that these concepts of gun free zones are a bad idea. i think that you allow the citizens of this country who have been appropriately trained, appropriately backgrounded know how to handle and use firearms to carry them. congressman, do you agree with his point at all in saying some americans feel better protected in public if they re armed? look, i don t believe that most americans want to go to schools or theaters or other public places and know that lots of people have guns. i don t think injecting more guns into community settings is the answer. the answer is to prevent serious criminals, people with serious
days as mayor of providence. congressman, thank you so nuch for your time this morning. just this morning, we want to start with this. you sent a letter to attorney general loretta lynch regarding gunman john houser. tell us exactly what you re asking for. well i m asking the attorney general to open an investigation really to determine how it is that mr. houser was able to purchase a gun. whatever your view is on guns i think everyone would agree we have to keep guns outs of the hands of children criminals, and people when such serious mental illness that possession of a gun will cause danger to themselves or the community. it is clear this individual purchased a gunnel in the state of alabama at a pawnshop and apparently was involuntarily committed on a prior occasion in the state of georgia, which is disqualifying under federal law. so i have asked the attorney general to review this to figure out where the system broke down and then what we can do to improve that system to be sur
court records show his family had him committed against his will to a hospital in georgia. obviously, somebody with this kind of history never should have been able to buy a gun. following the 2007 virginia tech massacre, 40 states including georgia now authorize or require the reporting of mental health records to a federal database for background checks. it s not clear why houser s involuntary hospitalization did not turn up in the federal database. there s still more that can be done and there s absolutely no reason we can t have all of these records in the system. three of the people who were wounded at the theater are still in the hospital. congressman charles bustanny of louisiana tells nbc news his cousin was among those shot. she s expected to fully recover. gabe gutierrez for us in lafayette, louisiana. thank you for that update. i want to bring in democratic congressman dave cellini, a founding member of mayors against illegal guns from his