contacted his family. there was at least some background, some authority involved in his situation. but nothing that he had done at that point kept him from being able to purchase the gun there. you have a lot of talk of extended magazine clips. there was a ban that ex-ipired 2004 members of congress are leery of people who think lawmakers are trying to take their gun away from them. who need s gun that can fire 31 rounds in a matter of minutes? when you think of how quickly he shot people, i heard one announcer that day during the news saying, that must have been an automatic weapon because nobody could use a semiautomatic and shoot that many people in that short period of time. they did. it was not an automatic weapon. ity took less than 15 seconds to fire off those shots. how could anybody stop him when it happens that quickly with that many bullets. have you been disappointed in
close the loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows without background checks. martin luther king iii, family members and victims of the tragedy in tucson and other victims of gun violence joined bloomberg at the news conference. one by one they described how guns changed their lives. my son, glenn, was killed buying bagels and coffee in a local store. my son shot and murdered. mugged and shot by 16-year-olds. my daughter emily was shot twice in the back of the head on april 16th, 2007 at the virginia tech tragedy. i lost my daughter on mother s day. something has to be done. tom mauser also there, spokesperson for colorado cease-fire. his 15-year-old son, daniel, killed in the come llumbine massacre. first of all, i ve got to ask you, about the shoes that you have here. yes. these are the shoes that my son was wearing that day at column buy april 20, 1999.
i got them back five years after the shooting, and i walk in his shoes. they fit me perfectly. i do it to symbolize i m doing this walking in my son s shoes to schang our gun laws, clang people s thinking but also to give a message to people that no parent should have to walk in their child s shoes in a way like this. no parent should ever have to lose their child in a way that you and your family lost daniel. there s no indication that president obama will call for stricter gun laws or change in the current laws here. many thought he would perhaps mention it at the memorial in tucson. you want to hear something from this administration from congress as well on this? absolutely. i think this case clearly showed that there are people who are gaining easy access to guns that should not have them. there s no reason the killer in tucson should have had access to a gun. especially when you look at so many people having expressed concern regarding his mental state. we know at least the