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People dont automatically assume that because someone is seeking help that that is an automatic correlation to violence and taking action in that way. weve got to take away that stigma. >> that was my next question. a couple folks i know who are still in the service. i spoke to them. they say when we saw this happen, it is tragic. we have three people on that base that lost their lives in this swu who awhich is horrendo. obviously the shooter, also dead. but the question they had was, when an em...

>> it is interesting. deployment does not raise risk, it doesnt. >> no. >> and rates of crime are lower among the military personnel. and civilians. >> right. >> its critical that we dont try to tag people that have pts that are suffering from that, that we dont stigmatize them. more than anything they need good jobs. >> yeah. >> when they come out of military, and they are great employees. >> exactly. all right. ahead on "the five," one of the koch brothers fires back at angry democrats like ha...

Government, but by a lot of private sector organizations. we should in no way al lou, and i wonder what the defense department thinks about this, no way allow to assume that someone with pts is going to commit a homicide. i am so disturbed. >> absolutely. >> better not let that happen in america and im sure the defense department agrees. >> absolutely. thats why its been so difficult in the last 24 hours because of the reports that he was seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress. he was not d...

Perhaps he could have stopped the incident earlier if there were concealed weapons on the bodies of our soldiers. there will be more said about what can be done to make sure fort hood specifically is never attacked again. bill: thank you. headlines back to you when they happen. martha: there is a lot of questions about the mental health of the gunman in yesterdays shooting. the army says the iraq war veteran was on medication for depression and being treated for anxiety. he was under evaluation ...

Government, but by a lot of private sector organizations. we should in no way al lou, and i wonder what the defense department thinks about this, no way allow to assume that someone with pts is going to commit a homicide. i am so disturbed. >> absolutely. >> better not let that happen in america and im sure the defense department agrees. >> absolutely. thats why its been so difficult in the last 24 hours because of the reports that he was seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress. he was not d...

Number two, is most of this when these mass shootings happen in civilian communities, it is not about the weapon. it is really about the individual. and how do we identify a person who is having behavial characteristics that lead to violence. this soldier is evolved for pts. there is no correlation between the soldiers with pts and misconduct and violence to others. this is none. they dont commit it great are that the general population does. >> thank you for sharing your insight. >> well speak ...

We went to work together, as commander-in-chief ordering us to war, served in many ways right alongside us, certainly believe with all the catch with his have taken over the last 13 years, that weighs heavily on him and a burden he has to carry. the concern to help bring us home and have a better transition i think is very genuine. martha: talk a lot about posttraumatic stress disorder. he says he doesnt want it to be referred to as a disorder, he thinks that label is a disservice to the people ...

This untreated pts -- >> the women around him, the women around him may also argue very strongly that they, too, vulnerable around george zimmerman who has posttraumatic stress disorder and treats guns like toys did s -- >> thats a cliche. >> those are your words. >> thats just a cliche. he has not violated any codes, okay? anybody that wants to bear arms, its plural. it doesnt say right to bear arm, does it? have you read the second amendment? does it say right to bear arm? >> my point was that...

Years. >> hundreds. >> they lost their legs, then they have the courage and the strength to come back and they get these prosthetics and artificial legs and arms. and its an enormous -- >> and the best part of it all is, when you see the picture of the mike corman. he bandaged me up and he was himself terribly hurt. jack right there in the introduction of the book is still treating guys in this war. he knows more about pts and con chronic pain and tbi than anyone ive met. hes the one who said we...

You know? >> hundreds. >> these guys. everyone of them lost legs. then they have courage and strength come back and they get these prosthetics and artificial legs and arms. its an enormous -- . >> best part is you see the picture of mike korman on the battlefield with me, bandaged me up and was, himself terribly hurt. right there on the introduction of the book is still treating guys in this war. and knows more about pts and chronic pain than ive met. he says youve got to tell the rest of the st...