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>> chris: finally, arizona officials this week released a lot of records about the shooter, jared loffner. the man who shot gabby and 18 others. his parents it turns out knew he was deeply disturbed. they tested him tore drugs but did not send him to get help. what do you have to say after learning all of this to jared loffners parents? >> well, certainly as a parent myself i understand. i mean it is a tragic thing that they went through as well. it would have been an entirely different situatio...

And get an answeeap five minutes and 36 seconds. what it shows you is that it is not the burden that the ncontr. leadership says what a background check is. a simple common sens sense thio to make sure that criminals and mentally ill cant have ahicess to firearms. >> chris: leof ths talk about t because in gabbys case the shooter had been suspended from college because he was deemed to be a threat to himself and others. he went to a gun store and he thinkt a gun. randssed a background check. and...

Mentally ill are not only getting treatment for their mental illness but lets make sure that they dont have access to guns. lets make sure that criminals dont have access to guns. american for responsible solutions are focused on this every day to make sure we fix this problem and address gun violence in the country. >> chris: i want to pick up on that point. after newtown there was a lot of talk about making it easier for authorities, a school or a family to commit a jared loffner, an adam lanz...

>> chris: finally, arizona officials this week released a lot of records about the shooter, jared loffner. the man who shot gabby and 18 others. his parents it turns out knew he was deeply disturbed. they tested him tore drugs but did not send him to get help. what do you have to say after learning all of this to jared loffners parents? >> well, certainly as a parent myself i understand. i mean it is a tragic thing that they went through as well. it would have been an entirely different situatio...

>> he took the guns from his mom. in other cases certainly the aurora shooting that you were just talking about and perhaps at virginia tech there would have been the possibility that anent greated background check model but think about the one with jared loffner where he is charged with the gabby giffords shooting. people knew that he had serious problems but nobody moved to commit him. it is not just the privacy stuff. the thing that we have a societyial bias against committing people against ...

Mentally ill are not only getting treatment for their mental illness but lets make sure that they dont have access to guns. lets make sure that criminals dont have access to guns. american for responsible solutions are focused on this every d to make sure we fix this problem and address gun violence in the country. >> chris: i want to pick up on that point. after newtown there was a lot of talk about making it easier for authorities, a school or a family to commit a jared loffner, an adam lanza ...

Now these people are not -- >> chris: worked enough that 1.7 million people were denied. i completely agree with you. as captain kelly pointed out, jared loffner was able to pass the test so there are holes in it. because it is not perfect doesnt mean that it doesnt work. >> the hole in it is the fact that we have been fighting for 20 years to get the records computerized and i know what goes on behind the scenes in this town, they wont do it. the mental health lobby wont do it and hppa wont do ...

And get an answeeap five minutes and 36 seconds. what it shows you is that it is not the burden that the ncontr. leadership says what a background check is. a simple common sens sense thio to make sure that criminals and mentally ill cant have ahicess to firearms. >> chris: leof ths talk about t because in gabbys case the shooter had been suspended from college because he was deemed to be a threat to himself and others. he went to a gun store and he thinkt a gun. randssed a background check. and...