school, and an nra training program inform train personnel to use firearms. the presence of an armed security personnel in a school adds a layer of security and diminishes response time. reporter: the task force released its findings surrounded by more than a dozen security guards and with the backing of one father of a child killed at newtown. this is recommendations for solutions, real solutions that will make our kids safer. reporter: but there were holes in the nra s report, such as no cost estimates for the armed personnel. task force leader and former republican congressman asa hutchinson insisted, while his group s findings were influenced by the nra, it did look at measures pending before congress. not even universal background checks, something supported by 90% of americans, according to a recent cbs news poll. why did you not consider that piece? because our focus is on school safety and making our schools a safer environment.
schools. i don t think it does anything to make anybody any safer. i don t think it is making it a safer environment. everything should be taken on a case by case basis. if she is bringing it in to cut her pair, what is the harm? i don t think anybody got jacked with a butter knife in school because it was in someone s lunch box. how about you, will? you were called american knife in high school, was that the rules? in those days we were all outlaws. this goes to show you know what i am going to say? i am glad there was no armed guard there to 86 the kid. this goes to show we have so many marvelous, wonderful, smart teachers and principals in this country, but my god some of them are dumb. that s what is happening. i don t know. that didn t look like a butter knife to me. oh so you thought that was that looks dangerous to me. it was an assault butter knife.
nra s report such as no cost estimates for the armed personnel. task force leader and former republican congressman asa hutchinson insisted while his group s findings were not influenced by the nra it didn t look at gun control measures pending before congress. not even universal background checks. something supported by 90% of americans according to a recent cbs news poll. a level of support far and above the backing for armed guards in schools. independent of the nra why did you not consider that piece of the puzzle? because our focus is on school safety and making our schools a safer environment. with the nra digging in its heels the white house says president obama will keep pushing. he believes that passion, that urgency still exists around the country and still exists, you know, if not in full then in part in washington. translation, as one top gun control advocate on capitol hill put it, the longer it takes, the
brian: give me an example. a school environment, spelling bees, chess clubs, science fairs, these things allow kids to use their mind academically, but also they re there for many other reasons, not just the final score. they make friends in these environments. they learn to master different material. brian: stop talking about winning with them. stop talking about winning and losing all the time. and so they also can do swim meets, sports teams, boy scouts, all these things get kids ready for the stress of competing. but it s in a safer environment. what kids need is to be taxed, but not overwhelmed. you re trying to watch that fine line with your kid so they can face that competition out there in the real world. brian: is joe montana born as the cool joe or was he did he become that through great parenting and great coaching? as a san francisco guy, grew up watching joe montana, joe was clearly born as a warrior. able to handle that incredible stress in those crucial mom
1 million moms for gun control. thank you for having me. you re a victim of gun violence, unfortunately. you were wounded in a robbery 13 years ago. when you heard what the solutions are coming from the nra and the sentiment. what was your reaction? i, like many mothers, was deeply disappointed by their response. i felt that they offered no reasonable solution whatsoever to this epidemic. we feel like there needs to be regulation. his suggestion seems to be that there are more guns and to us, this is not the answer. his suggestion was that if you had school administrators, officials, those who worked there who were able to have handgun, to be able to arm themselves, it would be a safer environment. that s what he s saying. i disagree strongly with this. in many cases when people have guns to protect themselves, oftentimes guns are used mistakenly by children.