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We dont have to have an either we have a radical freedom on the one hand to accept the second amendment or on the other hand we curtail the law in order to defer to our common sense. i think we can have both, and we need to do that right now, or else this will be repeated. >> congressman, what does it take to get change in this country to address what we are seeing, the gun violence in america? >> well, it only takes us to make up our mind that change is going to have to happen now. i mean, this...

Wish or to be thinking of these individuals who have suffered so mightily today. >> in the middle of the holiday season america is reckoning with a crisis of our culture. details will still emerge, but the sadness will not go away. joining me tonight from the scene, the latest bringing us is going to be msnbcs chris jansing, who is in newtown, connecticut. these are days that we wish on no one in this business. it is very hard. its very emotional. its been a day of tears and broken voices all da...

Shootings in the united states since the columbine massacre. 181 shootings where students were either wounded or killed. many of the school shootings involved teenagers. in los angeles last year, a teenager snuck a loaded beretta into class. the gun went off and wounded two other students. but young children are victims too. in houston last year, a 6-year-old took a loaded handgun to school. the gun went off. three kids were wounded. many in this country say enough is enough. im joined tonight b...

And there was a lot of conversation at that point about how do we stop this from happening again. well, 12, 13 years later i was back in aurora, colorado and talking to many of the same people that i had sadly gotten to know during the columbine shootings. and then earlier in the year i was in arizona when gabby giffords and the others were shot there. and you do have a sense everywhere you go, obviously, that there is a senselessness to it, there is a lack of understanding, that no amount of in...

We dont have an either. radical freedom on the one hand to accept the second amendment, or on the other hand we curtail the law in order to defer to our common sense. i think we can have both, and we need to do that right now, or else this will be repeated. >> congressman, what does it take to get change in this country to address what we are seeing, the gun violence in america? >> well, it only takes us to make up our mind that change is going to have to happen now. i mean, this is such a horri...

You pointed out a great statistic, which is over 180 school shooting incidents since columbine. but i mean, there have been 31 -- theres been 61 multiple homicide incidents as well that dont involve schools and go beyond schools. this is a culture. weve got to change it. >> all right, congressman keith ellison of minnesota and michael eric dyson, great to have you with us tonight. professor, appreciate it so much. >> thanks, ed. >> more on todays tragic events out of newtown, connecticut when we...

Since the columbine massacre. 181 shootings where students were either wounded or killed. many of the school shootings involved teenagers. in los angeles last year, a teenager snuck a loaded beretta into class. the gun went off and wounded two other students. but young children are victims too. in houston last year, a 6-year-old took a loaded handgun to school. the gun went off. three kids were wounded. many in this country say enough is enough. im joined tonight by congressman keith ellison of ...

Children to see it. and many of them clearly were crying. they had them hold hands and asked them to close their eyes, and they were led out. i can also tell you from talking to a couple of local officials here, and i think it is important to note that the people who are working this, many of them are people who live there. they know the people who were in that school. they know the teachers. they know the students. theyre their friends and neighbors. so they are not only having to do their jobs...

To say a prayer or send a best wish or to the thinking of these individuals who have suffered so mightily today. >> in the middle of the holiday season, america is reckoning with a crisis of our culture. details will still emerge, but the sadness will not go away. joining me tonight from the scene, the latest bringing us is going to be msnbcs chris jansing, who is in newtown, connecticut. these are days that we wish on no one in this business. it is very hard. its very emotional. its been a day ...

Beginning to emerge. we know all of this began this morning when a man who police say is 20-year-old adam lanza reportedly shot his mother in the home that they shared, then went over to sandy hook elementary, where she was a kindergarten teacher, and we are told opened fire, killing 20 young children. this is a school where the students were from 5 to 10 years old. and six other adults. before turning the gun on himself. police have never officially said that this was a suicide, but they say no...