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Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you cant blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family ...

Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you cant blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family ...

Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you cant blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family ...

Ago. is there a way for us to get ahead of these things? >> i think thats exactly what these red flag laws are designed to do. not all the states have it, but i took the time to look up the illinois red flag law, and a family member can apply for it. a law enforcement officer can apply for it. it seems to me there were enough facts and circumstances here that would have warranted that in 2019. the question is whether it would have endured through 2022. but all the indicators were there. he doesn...

Illinois red flag law, and a family member can apply for it. a law enforcement officer can apply for it. it seems to me there were enough facts and circumstances here that would have warranted that in 2019. the question is whether it would have endured through 2022. but all the indicators were there. he doesnt have to own firearms. the law allows them to prevent him from purchasing firearms or to take away a firearms permit if he has one. so i dont -- you know, i dont see how the red flag law he...

The streets nationwide on saturday, demanding action. their agreement, the senate agreement would create incentives to states to implement red flag rules and background checks for meeting to 21. increase funding for school safety, mental health, telehealth and slapped new penalties on school -- purchasing firearms. this marks a significant step towards breaking a 30-year impasse on federal gun reforms. but to call the steel narrow might be the understatement. this is not a bill or legislation. a...

The relatively young age of most mass shooters has ignited conversations about the minimum legal age for purchasing firearms.

They got that done. so these lawmakers are going to continue to get these questions about possibly raising the age limit for purchasing firearms as well. linsey? >> raising the age certainly keeps coming up here. mary alice, thank you. we turn now to the war in ukraine. tonight russian forces are pounding ukrainian troops in the east and making some gains. these images show a missile strike on a plant. the manager says there were no military targets nearby. and this weekend president zelenskyy...

Purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. an assault weapon is a weapon of war. with no place -- no place in a civil society. >> reporter: now, the vice president also called for enhanced background checks had it comes to purchasing firearms. she made those remarks as she was leaving buffalo after attending the funeral of ruth whitfield, the oldest person to die in that buffalo shooting just two weeks ago. boris? >> jasmine wright, from wilmington, delaware, thank you. when president bid...

Weve worked in congress to have these systems in the individual states improved. the act that was passed during the trump administration to try to get the states to get their records up to snuff. and the reality is were not. >> were still having mass shootings. >> if they dont put the system in the system there are background checks and instances where shooter -- >> over and over and over. we have these mass shootings. isnt it finally time to say that your way doesnt work? it just doesnt work. >...