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left 19 students and 2 teachers dead. in uvalde families continue the excruciating task of burying their loved ones, their children. today three little girls murdered in robb elementary will be laid to rest. all between just 10 and 11 years old. during the shooting, 17 others suffered life-threatening injuries. the tribune reported five of the wounded are still being treated in the hospital, including a 10-year-old girl who remains in serious condition. the gunmans own grandmother shot...

Dicks sporting goods announced this week that they will stop selling ar-15 rifles and will raise age to buy gun to 21. some employees are not pleased that dicks and field and stream are getting into the politics business when it comes to second amendment, one of them a 20-year-old hunter says he can no longer buy a gun at counter where hes a salesman and posted letter of resignation, i cannot be the face of these new gun policies in effect, i find them morally and constitutionally wrong. i refus...

Before that. neil: now, we have crazy gun laws across the country in different areas, of course, you have to be 21 to get a gun n others -- in others 18. the stores that are doing this, dicks sporting goods, wal-mart and others we are going to adhere to a policy that keeps consistent at 21. you say thats wrong, why? >> well, federally, you know, i can purchase a long gun, a rifle or shotgun at the age of 18 and i believe that by dicks sporting goods and other stores changings the age to 21 they ...

Another and not pass more regulations, we need to get back to being people and get to know one another. neil: so when you hear, i dont know if you caught any of the white house meet thción week where they are trying to come up with acceptable middle ground and it covers raising the age or making it harder to get a gun or tightening background checks, what have you heard that you welcomed and liked versus those things like this raising the age to get a gun that you did not? >> i strongly believe...

To the press and talked about by all of the fleses the country including even fox, nobody would know if it wasnt for the work that weve done on our committee that the republicans did with opposition from the democrats that fusion gps was being paid by the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic party to dig up this dirt which was phoney dirt to use against the president of the united states. so we continue to uncover facts while the rest of the people continue to -- which is totally fine and...

Matter if your raise the age 18 to 21 to 30. somebody who has that determination to carry out a threat like this, they are going to find a way whether they have to do a criminal action and steal somebodys gun or go to a store and purchase one, so i think the knee-jerk reaction and thats one of the many things here, the political posturing and pointing that this is has become a gun debate and its not about a gun debate down here, its about the individual behind the gun that we have to address and...

County but previous. we have land that we can do that with but they dont want to turn it over to us. neil: arming teachers, the president thinks its a good idea, what do you think? >> with the proper amount of training and identifying specifics, teachers that are responsible enough and willing to take on that cause, i fully support him on that but there has to be an informed debate about this to come up with best plan, we need can a knee-jerk reaction and put the guns in school next week. we hav...

Or, you know, 35, you know, like responsibility is the main thing. we really need to get back to teaching individuals gun ownership and taking responsibility for own actions. neil: and that in your mind has nothing to do with your stage in. >> not at all. neil: nicholas cruz that got gun, what do you think of that? >> what do i think of purchasing at 19? neil niel he got a number of guns and a lot of the guns -- he got multiple guns and mental health issues didnt come to light until after the fa...

2012, more than 87,000 americans have been killed by guns. you know how americans are going to respond. a good number will say, we need more gun control laws and others will say, we just need more guns. i dont want to really have a debate this morning. i actually want to have a conversation. so, ive invited john lott, the author of "more guns, less crime." welcome and thanks for being here this morning, john. >> thank you. >> the sheriff in oregon says, its not the time to talk about gun laws, b...

>> it was justice a matter of time? >> yeah, gabriels time was coming. >> he was too active. he was too well known. he played too hard. trying be too too tough in his gang and it caught up to him. >> ayala had a lengthy criminal record and everyone in hollenbeck seemed to know his name. >> what kind of reputation did gabriel ayala have. >> hes a gaeng member. everyone who works in had division knew the ayala family really well. >> well known to you. >> well known to us. if i did several search w...