for us on a very tough assignment. thanks so much. last week s tragedy renewing the debate about the concealed and carry laws for those who serve on their posts. jason konecny is stationed at fort hood and his mother says if he had been armed, he would have been able to stop the gunman a lot sooner. now he s pushing congress to make some changes. lynda konecny joins me live exclusively. great to see you, lynda. thank you for having me. i know that you feel like you are more protected many states away from your son even though he s on a military base. in what way? well, for one thing, i can defend myself at my home and i m confident that people around me in my community are also armed. and so when you heard that there was another situation going on at fort hood, as a mom of a son who lives there, what was going through your mind? panic, absolute panic. when they were naming the
against the status quo. that wasn t his word. it s mine. lynda konecny, we thank you for your thoughts today. please keep us up to date if anything does change and you hear anything back from members of congress. i definitely will. thank you. thank you. it s time now to turn it over to shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. he s going to cover this memorial service for fox at fort hood, texas. thank you, gretchen. the president and first lady are walking to the side of the memorial service which is scheduled to begin within the next couple of moments at fort hood army post. a ceremony to honor the men who died not in combat but at the hands of a fellow soldier. a gunman killed three people as you ve been reporting. wounded 16 others at last week s shooting rampage. the president being seated. the national anthem is to follow. this is going to be a tough service for everyone there. but just as it was some 4 1/2