country are being treated. the opinion of the sheriff should not be able to purchase, surround themselves purchase or carry a handgun. those two things don t mix. if you are an elected official and you want to do things the same way. you want to now, you will not get reelected in broward county. alright so let s drill down. he is basically saying something has to be done. let s point out as you have already pointed out, that nikolaus cruz charged, his public defender describes them as being a broken child. something from development problems and depression.in fact, there were warning signs all over as you discussed. so what does congress need to do and furthermore, as you were talking about, the local police department, the local fbi, the local school district.
there s not anybody or not a lot law enforcement can do about it or any entity can do about it. the only things we can do are train very hard. we have to train rigorously, and we do. we have to be able to mitigate. we have to be able to respond quickly so we can lessen the loss of lives. certainly more money should go to mental health. i ve said this time and time again. you know, if we tear a knee up, we go to an orthopedic surgeon. if we have mental health issues, we need to be treated. but while people who are the victim of mental health illnesses in this country are being treated, in the opinion of this sheriff, they should not be able to buy, surround themselves, purchase, or carry a han handgun. those two things don t mix. thank you for coming out here. i think we ve answered all the appropriate questions. tomorrow we ll update you again. again, the most important thing is we need to pray tonight for these families. we need to pray for the victims. we need to pray for our communi
again. you know, if we tear a knee up, we go to an orthopedic surgeon. if we have mental health issues, we need to be treated. but while people who are the victim of mental health illnesses in this country are being treated, in the opinion of this sheriff, they should not be able to buy, surround themselves, purchase, or carry a handgun. those two things don t mix. thank you for coming out here. i think we ve answered all the appropriate questions. tomorrow we ll update you again. again, the most important thing is we need to pray tonight for these families. we need to pray for the victims. we need to pray for our communities, and we need to report anything we see that is different, that doesn t make sense, that s an aberration that could help us prevent these mass tragedies. thank you all. appreciate it. you heard the broward county sheriff there, governor tim scott, as well. back now with our panel. james galliano, philip mudd, cedric alexander, juliette kayyem. excuse me.
trained very hard. we have to train rigorously, and we do. we have to be able to mitigate. we have to be able to respond quickly so we can lessen the loss of lives. certainly more money should go to mental health. i ve said this time and time again. if we tear and meet up we go to an orthopedic surgeon. if we have mental health issues we need to be treated. people who are the victim of mental health illnesses in this country are being treated. the opinion of the sheriff they should not be able to buy, surround themselves, purchase or carry a handgun. those two things don t mix. thank you for coming out here. i think we ve answered all the appropriate questions and tomorrow we will update you again. again, the most important thing is we need to pray tonight for these families. we need to pray for the victims. we need to pray for our communities and we need to report anything we see that is different, that doesn t make sense, that is an aberration
illnesses in this country are being treated. the opinion of this sheriff, they should not be able to buy, surround themselves, purchase or carry a hand gun. those two things don t mix. as the tragedy unfolded in florida, we were struck by the near unanimous consensus in law enforcement officials that school shootings represented a new normal in america. so, we wondered if the law and order president might be moved by these voices from the law enforcement community. at what point are we going to start to rethink how we deal with weapons in this country. it s not a coincidence that we have a much looser gun control policy and we have a lot more active shooter situations compared to the european countries. we get so angry about this issue that here we are again. there s going to be grieving families tonight again. there s going to be 3,000 families concerned for their child again. and the u.s. senate is sitting around basically discussing, well, let s get everybody a gun