those incidents you just laid out at the top but in the meantime, some of the pro-gun groups, including the one involved in some of these initial legal actions, are obviously celebrating victory. one particular group, second amendment foundation, saying they are, quote, delighted with the outcome. that s certainly just adding to the heartbreak for many families that have already lost people. the reaction of the range is the gamut. polo sandoval, thank you so much. joining me right now is someone who is painfully familiar with the impacts that guns can have on families. richard martinez is the father of christopher michaels martinez, one of six people killed during a rampage in east la vista, california, back in 2014. he s also an advocate now working at every town for gun safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country. so glad to see you, sadly, under these circumstances. i cannot imagine the pain you must be feeling when hearing
we don t see the shooters in miami and in connecticut and mass shootings that we ve seen in this country, no one showed up to kill huge numbers of people with a swiss army knife. they show up with assault rifles. the analogy itself is just fatally flawed. i it is perplexing because we re talking about the first six months of this year, which have been horrific. i mean, more than 200 mass shootings, and that being a backdrop for ruling like this, one would hope or calculate that when you do have a ruling, it might be in step with the sign of the times and this is this is the polar opposite. completely out of step. mr. martinez said it perfectly, that the vast majority of the american people want to see more legislation both at the state and federal level as it relates
during a difficult period tonight. thank you, ari. why don t we start, if you would, tell us, about christopher. i see you have his picture there. i know you are going through a grieving process and you have also talked about activism. but first what would you look to you like us to know about your son? well, this picture was taken when he was in high school. and chris was an incredible kid. and i was surprised i don t know if you know anything about the memorial that just took place here. i understood it was primarily for the students here, and i was very surprised at how many of my friends and how many, well, they were chris friends, and then they became my friend. because, chris played sports with all of these people. there was just, we had, there was a big turnout from our saint
guthmiller plans stops in 20 countries during the 26,000-mile trip. if he stays on schedule, he should be back in southern california on july 1st. amazing trip. wow. i d love to do something like that. man, oh, man, to be 19 again. look at the flight path and he avoids, very smartly, the bermuda triangle. it is not on the flight plan. i don t blame him. you want to get back home. that s right. you do want to get home. his father said he is very supportive of this and said they have an insurance policy and because the insurance policy would support him, he must be a good pilot. take a look, 19 years old and so determined. at 19 a lot of kids aren t thinking of doing things like this. he wants to break a world record and do it by himself. quite a journey. all right. pretty crazy. moving on to this, some classic musicians who claim they were left in the lurch by u.s. airways.
during a difficult period tonight. thank you, ari. why don t we start, if you would, tell us, about christopher. i see you have his picture there. i know you are going through a grieving process and you have also talked about activism. but first what would you look to knto you like us to know about your son? well, this picture was taken when he was in high school. and chris was an incredible kid. and i was surprised i don t know if you know anything about the memorial that just took place here. i understood it was primarily for the students here, and i was very surprised at how many of my friends and how many, well, they were chris friends, and then they became my friend. because, chris played sports with all of these people. there was just, we had, there was a big turnout from our saint