weapons. i know they were against me. i know the two who committed the crimes against me were convicted felons, so multiple gun laws with broken because they weren t allow to have guns anywhere in the country. you look at chicago. they have the highest homicide gun rate and illegal gun rate in that city. to say you will pass a law and it will fix a problem with mental health is false. by the way, in chicago ben, can i ask. one at a time. dan, i will let you respond in a moment. finish your point, ben. hold on. you have an individual here who never should sbrn able to get his hands-on this gun legally. you had multiple warning. that s what we should be focusing on here. the government has been telling us if you see something, say something. we had people from florida all the way to mississippi doing exactly that, going above and beyond to contact the government, and we did not do
to say we regulate cars and we can regulate guns in the same way and he has facts on his side. there is a perception in america too often that this is tragic and there is nothing that we can do about it. we know that missouri lifted gun restrictions and the homicide gun rate rose 25%. connecticut at the same time passed new handgun restrictions and the homicide rate from firearms fell 25%. you know, there s still going to be a lot of gun violence in america. but at the margins we can effective. douglas brinkley let s talk about what he is proposing, expand background checks for private sales. hire more back ground checkers. research gun safety technology. is this you know, do you think any of this is going to work? especially when you look at the