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Tracking mental illness, that becomes difficult; correct? whats the future here in terms of reevaluating the system? >> we need to bite the bullet and come up with a centralized data base for mental health. im not talking should be limited access. it should be access for people that are doing security clearances, law enforcement employment, and also in gun checks. if that had been the case, then this individual might have been stopped from giving a -- getting a gun. another problem is he got out...

>> they did. they ran the background check through that federal database. you know, the criminal background system, its a federal database. its instant. its done on site. he was waiting inside while they ran this, like i said he was here for a couple of hours. the problem was there were no convictions, nothing that was a red flag that would tell the gun shop owners you cant sell this gun to this man. here in virginia, you cant legally buy a handgun with an out-of-state license. but you can buy a...

From our stores. >> but is it safe from identity theft? hollywood movies like national treasure make lifting prints look easy. security researchers warns it depends on how they implement the technology. >> they have thought about it. its not going to be scored in the cloud, so there is not a giant database of lots of sensitive information, and it would be a prized target of hackers or enemy state hackers. >> he says it will be a boost to the mobile industry. >> it could open up a really huge uni...

Ten-year-old son were also seriously injured. >> if you think the extent of spying at the n.s.a. is troubling, youre in for a shock because "the new york times" is reporting the drug enforcement agency has access to the data base that is much bigger than the n.s.a.s. its called the hemisphere project. at&t employees are placed in drug fighting unit with agents, the detectives. those employees give access to all calls that go through an at&t switchboard, not just calls made by at&t customers. the...

But the sarg, he dont think that he knows because its an old case. he was arrested last year in a car like in a black chevy caprice. it the suspect was stopped in a car that is registered to his girlfriends house. there is a good possibility that he is at that address. >> now, 21 years after the crime, officers deleon and bowden pick the case back up. >> a lot of the old cases like they have a dna sample from someone who committed a crime back then. no, its like they match it up to the database....

>> welcome. welcome. >> reporter: while iris scanning may be effective, it does raise concerns, especially when it is used in schools. >> i would -- wonder where the database for this information is going to go naturally. >> reporter: for now, the information collected by the scanners is owned by the school district. but as the market expands, so do the possible security risks. >> there is going to be people that come into this market that dont have the thought process, if you would, that -- are...

For universal registration of every lawful gun owner in america. >> wayne lapierre was right about trying to put together a list of ever lawful gun owner in america, but it is not the federal government trying to compile that list. it is the nra itself, they have been compiling the largest data base of current, former and prospective gun owners in the united states. it has been built for years through the state and county offices, gathering of new owners by the gun safety classes taught by the n...

Sense of safety that the parents had before has certainly been shattered. because there is nothing to keep another person, another mentally ill person from bringing another ak-47, and ammunition into a school with 500 rounds of ammunition. and as anna marie said, thank god that antoinette tuff was there, but we should not have to rely on having that kind of person in the school, and having to rely on that. >> these parents could have been mobilized. >> yes, krystal ball, anna marie cox, thank yo...

It also cries out for background, universal background checks on people who want to get guns. i mean, this is common sense but it doesnt look like either of these thing wills happen in the near term. >> this other incident in decatur, this georgia school where 28-year-old suspect michael brandon hill, apparently had 500 rounds of ammunition and an ak-47. his brother says hes bipolar and had previous dealings with authorities who thought he was a risk. again, an accident just waiting to boil over...

In foreseeable roles, they are not members of the nra. they dont want to get their names on the list of gun owners. the privacy a lot of them think they have doesnt actually exist. the nra has taken away that privacy. >> well, and that is the point. i mean, if you join the nra you probably give them the right to do whatever they need to with your data. and in fact, other people said well, are there companies? google, whoever it is, they all have this data, too. but the fact is at least in some p...