yes, he had a lot of treatment in his life. i don t know what level that was but certainly there was a huge disconnect. congressman, it seems like when it comes to purchasing guns and when it comes to warning society of individuals, we have two categories. it s either this person is okay or this person has been adjudicated as dangerous. should there not be some sort of third category in we know that there were all of these warnings signs of the newtown killer, of the aurora killer, of the virginia tech killer. should there not be some sort of middle ground where these people are not able to have such easy, quick access to weapons, whether it s knives or guns? well, one of the things that is supposed to happen in a situation like this, the records are supposed to get into the national background check list and very often they don t get there. a second thing is, with regard to the person s access to weapons, any therapist should still be asking the parents, does your son or daughter
for political purposes or outright manipulating them into taking a stand on a vital constitutional right? well, constitution, first of all, i disagree with him entirely the constitution doesn t say that the government doesn t have a right to check and keep guns from being in the hands of certain individuals. it says you have a right to them but it doesn t say the criminals have a right to them, insane people have a right to them. so there are certain provisions in the law that they re talking about i think just make absolute sense. my colleagues who vote against those provisions i think are making a terrible tragic mistake and are end abouting to the pressure of the nra. i m a conservative. i believe a person should have a right to own a weapon but i also think there can and should be background checks. gregg: all right. the newtown killer was mentally ill. yes. gregg: so too in tucson, in aurora, colorado, the other mass killings and many, many others and yet most of the legislati
to other things? that s not who we are. that s not who we are. i want to make sure every american is listening today. less than 100 days ago that happened. and the entire country was shocked. joining me right now is senator richard blumen thal of connecticut. as we talk about this and where the appetite remains in the country for gun violence legislation, first off this week, we got new information about the fire power that was used by the newtown killer, some of the arsenal that was amassed in the home there. what was your initial reaction to that information and do you think that that might provide political momentum? basically exposing the ease and
relationship between newtown killer adam lanza, nor between nancy lanza with the national rifle association. firearms instructors issue nra certificates to people who complete certified classes, regardless of nra membership. joining me now in an exclusive interview, democratic governor of connecticut, dannel malloy and msnbc s joy reid. governor, what did what do you think the release of the new information that we now have, the details that we now have about what happened in connecticut, what do you think about how that information helps frame where the issue stands now? well, listen. we need universal background checks as the president said. 90% of the american public supports it. but we also need to get rid of these kinds of weapons. they are assault weapons. they are used and designed to kill people. that s what that weapon was brought to sandy hook school for. and it was brought with large capacity magazines which until
that terminology between newtown killer adam lanza nor between nancy lanza. with the national rifle association. reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory. and, yet, these are some of the items that have been recovered, according to the court documents. correct? reporter: right. well, look, that statement speaks to a member relationship. and there are lots of other ways adam and nancy lanza could have gotten nra certificates. there s gun safety courses. there s gun training courses. all of which if you go on the nra website offer some sort of certificate. i press the nra this afternoon. did they have a record of any sort of any sort of training course or other kind of course that would have gotten adam lanza a certificate? they say they really didn t answer the question. they said they didn t have a