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Common sense, as well. >> many of them saying, nicole, the wrong step to take. they dont think it protects americans anymore. what do you say to the republican candidates? >> well, i would ask them what do they think is the right step then? this is not about taking rights away or taking away weapons. this is not about saying you cant buy weapons. this is about ensuring that people who shouldnt have weapons like criminals cant. so thats pretty common sense to me. >> theres an awful lot in this ab...

>> i want to ask you what it was like to be in that room, mark. through the television, it felt emotional. i cant imagine what it was like in there. >> oh, kate, it was incredibly emotionally charged. the room was filled to capacity with as i said champions and warriors in the effort, you know, to protect our children and make our communities safer. it was such an honor to be in that room and to of course introduce the president. >> nicole, critics on the right, you have heard it. we have been t...

Through the house appropriations process. republicans on the committee said they want a closer examination and add two cents to it and that part of the plans needs congressional approval and lastly if anything you see more along the lines of this is the president overstepping the authority. an interesting set up to the state of the union next week and president obama will revisit the themes, kate. >> just next week now? already? >> reporter: yeah, right? >> yeah. time flies. luke, thank you. a...

Rampage in a public place and target absolute strangers are very selective and very discerning as to their victims. >> narrator: atlanta, 1999, mark barton, armed for an afternoon of killing, enters two day trading offices where he has traded. he murders nine and wounds 13. he had also killed his wife and two children in the two days before the massacre. according to one newspaper account, barton had lost nearly half a million dollars in his day trading ventures. eyewitness, nell jones, says bar...

Barton methodically went down the line and killed every one of them. it was very methodical malicious assassinatio assassination. >> five hours after starting his reign of terror, barton is cornered by police at this gas station and takes his own life. mass murderers like barton, ter r terez, and hennard carefully plan their acts of revenge. >> every single case has lots of events building up to a crescendo, often for years before the event. >> rampage killing has not reached epidemic proportion...