suspect was in custody, but he d allegedly ditched a gun in a park. did we find it? reporter: full of kids. for this saturday shift, lieutenant lisa ausmus was in charge of policing the eastern half of the city. she only had 38 officers on duty that night for a population of over 200,000 people. half an hour later, the radio crackling again. there s been a shooting. somebody s apparently down. ausmus racing to assist her team. we ve got a gunshot wound to the head. reporter: within minutes, oakland s police chief arriving, telling us the victim died. a city of 425,000, 65 homicides so far this year. how do you explain that? it s clear that violence is an epidemic in this community. it s clear that people have too easily access to firearms and are overly willing to use them. reporter: and it s not just oakland. a recent survey of 72 cities showing homicides up nearly 20%. in chicago, nearly 80 people
so-called dog shift. when we got to the scene, a suspect was in custody, but he d allegedly ditched a gun in a park. did we find it? reporter: full of kids. for this saturday shift, lieutenant lisa ausmus was in charge of policing the eastern half of the city. she only had 38 officers on duty that night for a population of over 200,000 people. half an hour later, the radio crackling again. there s been a shooting. somebody s apparently down. ausmus racing to assist her team. we ve got a gunshot wound to the head. reporter: within minute us, oakland s police chief areeving, telling us the victim died. a city of 425,000, 65 homicides so far this year. how do you explain that? it s clear that violence is an epidemic in this community. it s clear that people have too easily access to firearms and are overly willing to use them. reporter: and it s not just oakland. a recent survey of 72 cities showing homicide up nearly 20% over last year.
be illegal in one municipality or legal in another. or shooting a gun in a park that s not true. that s absolutely truth. that s unlawful discharge. that s reckless discharge. sued by the nra because they wanted to ban guns in park. there s a difference between having a gun in a park and shooting a gun in the park. you conflated those. i m sure parents who have kids playing in the park would prefer not to have an ar-15. they could vote to change state law. they ve tried but your party won t let them because the nra said no. there are a number of places in florida where people really do cherish the second amendment. how many members does the nra have in florida? i think over a million. 300,000 by their own count. how many people live in florida? 20 million. so 300,000 people in florida are ruling over and making laws for 20 million people. it s not just the membership
different from a politically poinld police chief as opposed to a locally elected sheriff. he doesn t like scott walker. exactly. so he is on the same page as tom barrett. this idea that you can just walk down the street and purchase a firearm. first off, the whole gun show loophole, all of this. it is a myth. you have federal firearms licensees who sell these things. that s if you re buying it online it has to go through. when i moved from missouri to texas, and when the movers took our stuff, i had to send my stuff through that. that is how the federal law is. so they re making it sound like the wild west where you can buy a gun without anybody having to be licensed. and in 2001, the justice department study came out that showed that less than .7% of federal and state inmates actually just went to a gun show
intelligence, her lack of a college education. now she goes on the air. she needs to do better on that apology. let s move on. the veterans want to put up a memorial to fallen vets. what city is this? milford, michigan. what s the problem? they want to do this to punctuate and be the center piece of this display for the military. and a salute to the military. and this is a great idea. he has the best name i ve ever heard. bearhall. not as good as kit. so this is a great move. they say, wait a second. i love the veterans but i don t think it is good to have a gun in a park. what s up with the gun? snb it s a veterans memorial. as far as i can tell, you win wars with guns. is that right?