i m proud to be from. we re going to be together on this. we re going to grow stronger from this. we re going to stand up and pull each other in tighter. you know, this is now happening so frequently. and in so many communities that you now have a connection to two mass shootings. april 16th, 2007, you were a senior at virginia tech. indeed. to now have lived through and have a personal connection to two of these, what does that feel like? i cannot imagine. you know, it s a feeling of when i was a young kid in college, i felt helpless. you know? never did i foresee losing 32 of my teammates and classmates at virginia tech. i felt helpless. but today as a councilman, no longer. you know, i want to be fearless and bold in our approach to not have this happen again.
unity, even in this time of anguish. about a week after that an nra spokesman said it really was not the most appropriate time and place to debate public policy. so not a good time to talk about policy. that was the nra s response to columbine. fast-forward almost exactly eight years to april 16th, 2007. a student at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia shoots and kills 32 people before killing himself. a day after that shooting another statement from the nra expressing their sadness, saying they join the entire country in expressing deepest condolences to the families of virginia tech university. then a few days later, another nra statement, this is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates. so not the time for policy debate, not after virginia tech either. fast-forward to january 8, 2011. jared lee loughner kills people
we must stand in unshakeable unity, even in this time of anguish. about a week after that an nra spokesman said it really was not the most appropriate time and place to debate public policy. so not a good time to talk about policy. that was the nra s response to columbine. fast-forward almost exactly eight years to april 16th, 2007. a student at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia shoots and kills 32 people before killing himself. a day after that shooting another statement from the nra expressing their sadness, saying they join the entire country in expressing deepest condolences to the families of virginia tech university. then a few days later, another nra statement, this is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates. so not the time for policy debate, not after virginia tech either. fast-forward to january 8, 2011. jared lee loughner kills people and injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she was in a grocery store parking lot near tucson. a 9-year-ol
terrible suffering together and so must the freedoms that bring us together. we must stand in unshakeable unity, even in this time of anguish. about a week after that an nra spokesman said it really was not the most appropriate time and place to debate public policy. so not a good time to talk about policy. that was the nra s response to columbine. fast-forward almost exactly eight years to april 16th, 2007. a student at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia shoots and kills 32 people before killing himself. a day after that shooting another statement from the nra expressing their sadness, saying they join the entire country in expressing deepest condolences to the families of virginia tech university. then a few days later, another nra statement, this is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates. so not the time for policy debate, not after virginia tech either. fast-forward to january 8, 2011.
on april 16th, 2007, 32 people were killed at virginia tech when a fellow student went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself following that massacre. then governor tim cain signed legislation. it was a measure that contained bipartisan support including the backing of the then republican attorney general and now republican governor bob mcdonald. good morning. good morning, chuck. implementing that law has not been as easy as getting it passed. explain why it s been difficult to implement this issue on trying to identify the issue of mental health in dealing with a gun issue. i was attorney general then. i worked very closely with the first 30 days went to virginia tech and talked to a number of people. within 30 days, we have an executive order that we helped draft and design and make sure that if you were adjudicated but you got outpatient treatment, you still reported that. but that s the issue. you have to be adjudicated.