he was in the building 40 minutes for an hour barricaded in two classrooms before he was shot and killed by border patrol agent. we re learning about the li lives of the 19 children and 2 teachers one is a wife and mother of four and. died shielding students from gunfire. irma garcia. garza was just 10 years old he talked about how he learned was never going to come home from school i got confirmation that she was trying to call authorities and i guess he just shot her. how do you look at this girl and shoot her? oh, my baby. i miss my baby. all of the dead were in the same fourth grade classroom all 19 young lives described as precious, their teachers dedicated and carrying. more now reporter: 21 lives brutally cut short and 21 family shattered by act of violence all too common in the united states. 19 thank gone just days before the start of the summer break, none yet out of 4th grade, like 10-year-old uzia garcia who s uncle called him a great kid and full of life
francisco executive direct yoofr of the law center to prevent gun violence. thank you for staying with us. i want to start talking about democratic nominee owe o rourk this is at the the governor s news conference on wednesday. the main accusation is the governor of texas has done nothing to prevent this from happening it s reality is less
studies indicated microstamp something unreliable. serves no safety purpose. it s cost prohibitive and, most importantly, is not proven to aid in preventing or solving crimes and gun store owners say ultimately this will end up hurting gun owners in california. manufacturers. responsible firearm owners are not the problem. they are being constantly picked on because they just don t like guns in california. on the flip side, gun control advocates are celebrating this new law in a statement the law center to prevent gun violence says the california legislature decided to listen to law enforcement and require this common sense improvement to handguns to help bring criminals to justice in a way california may be under the microscope here because now several groups are actually challenging this law in court. some other states are actually looking at possibly implementing the microstamping technology. but they may actually wait until all the dust settles to see exactly how they want to
anti-gum community so people can t buy guns. flip side several gun control advocates are celebrating this law. statement from the law center to prevent gun violence they say the california legislature decided to listen to law enforcement and require this common sense improvement to handguns to help bring criminals to justice. and in a way california s really under the microscope here because several other states are looking at implementing laws that would require the microstamping technology but they may wait and see how the dust settles here in california, eric. i m sure they will be looking at that thanks so much. jamie? eric, thousands of americans are heading to sochi for the winter limb picks. what is the u.s. doing. we are in very close contact with the olympic committee. it s not unusual for us to recommend athletes or people around the world be careful where they wear certain things and be careful of
and the false premise that guns make you safer, which has been completely debunked by our research, are going head to head. and you know what, i go with the moms. the moms are saying we care about our children. when 20 first graders are not safe in their classroom, it s time to stand up and figure out solutions to the problem. we know there are solutions. we know that, for example, in california where we have robust gun regulation, gun violence has dropped by 56% in the last 20 years. contrast that with states where there are very weak or no gun laws that have the highest gun death rates in the country. so maybe gun sales are up, but i think people should be looking hard at whether having more guns in our community in fact makes you safer or actually puts your family and your community at risk and that s a really important question if you care about your children, your schools and your community is what is it that works. we can actually answer that question. robin thomas from the law