higher every year is by really thoroughly vetting gun buyers before the point of purchase. that s something that we ve never really done in this country. there s a lot of backlash to even increate mental regulation but vetting someone for criminal history but behavioral history that may not have risen to the level of criminality is the way you can try to keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn t have them and one of those ways is gun owner licensing. only seven states have gun owner licensing and virginia and colorado are not among them. joey, back to you on that point that jennifer made, there are robust gun safety laws in virginia and colorado both. who do you think went so wrong here? i think it takes a village. i think jennifer noted the limitations on that as it relates only to prosecutors, right, and law enforcement officials being able to make that petition. are those the people as much as we rely upon them in the best position to know that a person s
gun deaths are increasing rapidly in the united states. at the same time we have many states have loosened their gun laws and we have 400 million guns in circulation. and we also have a background check system that checks criminal history, but it doesn t check for behaviors that may not rise to the level of criminality like the behaviors that we ve heard described in the colorado and the virginia shootings. with those gunmen, there are there were warning signs but a background check for gun purchases wouldn t cover that. in other countries, employees, co-workers, loved ones would be interviewed. those behaviors would be flagged and a gun would not be given to a prospective gun buyer. that level of background checks in the united states is not a conversation politically that s been palatable but the data does show that gun owner licensing before the point of purchase is really the way to avoid this
an a-. this is their judgment call as to what is allowed and what is not allowed. you can see their universal background checks, gun owner licensing. minimum age laws, open carry reports come a lot of things that you see my desire to come up by, to make federal to make national laws and maybe that is good to come, maybe that s not. maybe that people can debate that. this case does person of interest to the horrific crime. bill: will wait for the press conference and bring it to you from chicago when we get appeared from chicago to philly were known of the fox news to report. a manhunt underway after to a police officers were shot at a july 4th celebration just last night. the gunfire sent people scattering during the fireworks display. one jewish cop struck in the shoulder he said, the other grazed in the head by a bullet which remains lodged on the
lot better off. australia implemented sweeping gun control measures 20 years ago, prompted by a 1996 shooting massacre that claimed the lives of 35 people. rapid fire rivals and shot guns were band. gun owner licensing was tightened. uniform national standards for registered firearms were established and more than 1 million guns were collected and destroyed in a national buyback program. in the years following the risk of dying by gunshot in australia fell by more than 50%. firearm suicide rates dropped by 0%. for more on all of this, sam lee is joining us. she s the chair of the gun control australia lobby and joins us by skype from sydney. thanks for being with us. president obama referenced australia s gun laws several times now. he s had plenty of opportunity to do that. he s made 15 addresses since becoming president after a mass
in just a blink of an eye. reporter: kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. this shooting has reignited the debate about gun control in the u.s. when asked about louisiana s gun control laws governor jindal said the community is still mourning and it s too soon to discuss the topic. australia implemented sweeping gun control measures nearly 20 years ago, prompted by a 1996 shooting massacre that claimed the lives of 35 people. rapid-fire rifles and shotguns were banned. gun owner licensing was tightened. uniform national standards for registered firearms were established, and more than 1 million guns were collected and destroyed in a national buyback program. in the years following, the risk of dying by gunshot in australia fell by more than 50%. firearms suicide rates dropped almost 80%. and australia has seen no mass