put it to a vote and see if we can actually for some action on this. scott, your solution? i will give you two. i think we ought to put violent criminals in jail and keeping their. i think we ought to strengthen nuclear families in this country. i think one of the strands that goes through a lot of these shooters is absolute lack of a solid upbringing. they have broken homes. they have been taught terrible lessons in their lives. and they end up in violent outcomes. and so, those are my two. okay, catherine, you have written a book saying there is an end, there is a way to end mass shootings. what is your solution? stop dumping all gun violence into one bucket and thinking there is one solution. the workplace violence is one situation, mass killings that occur where somebody runs out at the last minute and buys a gun is another problem. strengthen the funding and make sure that we get a strong etf so they look for a straw buyers. develop those systems we don t
shows, does cut down guns. only seven states have gun owner licensing programs. that is something that we are going to see big state divides. you are going to have california and new york would super strong gun was and lower granddad s. but then you have 25 other states that will not require permits to carry a gun in public or training. and then, of course, borders are porous. so, even if you have a state with strong gun laws or requires this kind of background check for licensing, if you re next to a state that does not, it is different. friends, thank you all very much. i really appreciate this conversation. thank you all for thinking of solutions. it s the only thing left to do after we report on something like this so frequently. i really appreciate your perspective. okay, on a lighter note, the u.s. men s national team set to take the world cup stage against england on friday. and it could be a match just as dramatic as the one against wales. the family of one of the team stars,
i put up what they did in 2020 this was a democratic led legislature in the made progress at least what democrats consider progress the past universal background checks which we as we know are very popular with the public. there s a reporting requirement for lost or stolen guns limit of one handgun purchased per month for most people. that seems like it should be enough. and then they have red flag laws. so, explain how it is possible that someone who was clearly exhibiting some unhinged behavior was able to have these guns. while, a background check in america only captures a snapshot in time. it doesn t really go deep. we see other countries are able to avoid this gun violence because they do a lot of vetting before the point of purchase. right now, guns extremely easy to access because our gun laws are built with holes in them. our federal system does not cover private transactions which means you can sell a gun
to a friend at a yard sale. most states are like this. so, virginia can have very strong gun laws. but if there are week gun laws in neighboring states, it undermines all of that progress. catherine, that is exactly the point i ve asked about so many times when we are reporting on these awful mass shootings. why can t there be more questions asked at the point of purchase? some sort of screening done to weed out people? this guy, last night the shooter was described by all of his coworkers as gruff, mean, condescending, made threats. he was paranoid about the government. he talked about it all the time. he threatened what he would do, there would be retaliation if he was ever fired. is there no kind of screening or questions that could be asked by gun sellers? it s not a law that you have to sell a gun to anyone who asks. why can t we do a better job of this? well, i think you made a good point. they can refuse any sale, and i