the online applications, maybe he realized it wasn t going to happen, and the only way to be special, the feeling of being at the top of the hill in high school is to do something so horrific it would be unforgettable. that s a theory. in this program, we re allowed to talk about that, but it makes sense to me. the always eloquent mike tee taibbi, thank you very much. obviously, this has been a very difficult time for the families of the victims. joining me now is jordan ghawi, his sister jessica was killed in friday s shooting in aurora, colorado. thank you so much for joining us. i m so incredibly sorry for your incredible loss. hearing her story and the rest of the victims. you got a phone call from your mother on friday morning telling you about the shooting. tell us what was going through your head when you first heard that news. i immediately flipped into the mode i was trained for and remained calm and tried to obtain more information and see what i could do for my mot
eastbound taibbi, thank you very much. obviously, this has been a very difficult time for the families of the victims. joining me now is jordan ghawi, his sister jessica was killed in friday s shooting in aurora, colorado. thank you so much for joining us. i m so incredibly sorry for your incredible loss. hearing her story and the rest of the victims. you got a phone call from your mother on friday morning telling you about the shooting. tell us what was going through your head when you first heard that news. i immediately flipped into the mode i was trained for and remained calm and tried to obtain more information and see what i could do for my mother and check on the status of my sister. how are your mother and sister, by the way? my mother and father are devastated, as am i. this is about her right now. right. and i m sorry, i meant your mother and father. so how is your family been coping with this the last few days? obviously, it s been an incredible whirlwind of in
premeditation to take the lives of innocent people. let s grieve, let s have the process that we have the time to reflect. in 2011, president obama and members of congress didn t press for an assault weapons ban or gun control after gabby giffords tragic shooting. you didn t see that in 2004 when the expiration of the ten-year assault weapon took place. and that s why this happened. we didn t have any pushback, isn t that the point? you have harry reid who is now the senate majority leader who didn t favor extending the assault weapons ban. you had dianne feinstein saying yesterday on television, this is not the time for congress to be debating these issues. bipartisan complicity is not right on either side. i m not saying it s bipartisan complicity. it s less than three days after the tragic shooting. let s reflect, honor the memory of the people who were lost. let me let brother melber jump in. i think ron is expressing something heartfelt and has every right to. that
investigators say holmes legally brought the four guns, the tear gas, the body armor, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.ought the four guns, gas, the body armor, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. should these purchases be legal? the fact they re legal has opened the door to the extensive carnage that we have seen here. no, and other poll shows the majority of americans do support having a limit on the amount of ammunition and firearms that someone can buy in any given sitting. what i want to say is ron, apologies for interrupting you. i m going to get in trouble from mom who s watching at home for that. i feel passionate about the issue. one of the things i m frustrated about is people on both sides of the aisle, this is not a democrat or republican issue, are counting on you to say what you said, this is not the right time to talk about it. and they re counting on the fact we keep waiting and waiting and waiting, and then the public who cares about the issue, is engaged in
we didn t have any pushback, isn t that the point? you have harry reid who is now the senate majority leader who didn t favor extending the assault weapons ban. you had dianne feinstein saying yesterday on television, this is not the time for congress to be debating these issues. bipartisan complicity is not right on either side. i m not saying it s bipartisan complicity. it s less than three days after the tragic shooting. let s reflect, honor the memory of the people who were lost. let me let brother melber jump in. i think ron is expressing something heartfelt and has every right to. that s what i was getting at. he has the right to focus on mourning. if he thinks that s what is appropriate right now but other people in america have the right to look at the tragedy and look at solutions. and to the second substantive point you raise, ron, you are absolutely correct. you and i both know and many people should know to the extent anyone cares about gun control, whether it s