made in october ridiculing her. the case is set to go to trial next month. well thank you so much for watching tonight. cnn tonight with alison camerata starts now. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we re learning more about the latest deadly school shooting. we ve gotten the body, the police body cam video. we re going to show that to you, and we re going to try to have a different conversation about guns with a longtime gun enthusiasts about what he thinks the solution could be plus another legal defeat for donald trump and a big win for special counsel jack smith, a federal judge ruling today that former vice president mike pence must testify to a grand jury. about what he what the then president told him leading up to january 6th. we re currently reviewing. but look, let me be clear. i have nothing to hide. well, obviously, this would be historic, a former vice president forced to give what could be damaging testimony against the preside
should be selling lethal weapons to lot of what they ask a lot of questions on the firearms purchase sale. but the problem is that they re asking those questions of a person who might be lying or might be mentally unstable. so this is why you have the next check system and the red flag system is that other people can weigh in and then through due process, someone can lose their right to purchase a gun. lawfully explain that to me, steve. so just explain that to me what kinds of questions are gun people who want to buy guns? what are they asked? they re asked. are you a fugitive from justice? are you illegal alien where you discharged from the military under dishonorable circumstances . are you an unlawful user of drugs, so a lot of these things are covered. but of course, if someone has criminal intent or is mentally ill, they re obviously going to lie on this form. and there s only so far that a gun dealer can go like asking car dealer you know, to ask people what their drinking
. some people say the problem here is not guns. it s mental health. so what s the solution? we re going to talk about all of that with our panel, but first i want to bring in firearms safety advisor and safety expert and gun enthusiast steve wolf. steve great to see you as always. i m sorry that it s always i always call upon you during these horrible tragedies, but i do like to talk to you as somebody who for so many decades has been a gun enthusiast taught me. the safety of guns on one of my shoots, so i always like, um, relying on you. this shooter steve bought the guns legally. okay seven guns, which suggests to some people that we need better. and more specific laws to keep guns out of the hands of mentally unhinged people. i know you think that the new laws would not make a difference. how can that be? steve? well murder is already illegal. taking guns into school is already illegal. there s nothing that the nashville shooter or any other shooter has done that s not already cover
habits are before they re allowed to purchase an automobile. sort of accept that look too. lisa asks. did you pack your bags yourself? and sometimes they say, are you carrying explosives? and sometimes they do at some airports they do, and they re allowed to do that. and sometimes guess what they find people who say actually, no, i didn t or yeah, maybe i did forget to lie left something in my bag. sometimes that happens, but would you be? well, let me ask you this, steve, would you object to a question of in addition to all of those you just laid out? are you depressed? have you considered hurting yourself in the past 30 days yourself or anyone else would that be? would those be good questions? those are fine screening questions if people would answer them, honestly, but you ll get more honest answers from people who know that person and then call the authorities and let them know that this person is exhibited some unstable behavior or has expressed harm towards others or or self harm
virginia governor, ainsley is talking to folks just outside our nation s capitol. ainsley? hey, steve, yes. we have a panel of 10 parents and voters from loudoun county and from fairfax, virginia. they were just going about their day a few years ago or few months ago for many of you. then they became really concerned parents and became activists. they started several different groups which are represented here. they are speaking out against crt and what s hang in our schools. we are going to talk to them coming up and find out what s happening in loudoun and fairfax is affecting them and their family. stay with us.