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Tell you who is someone thats got a mental illness, who has been in a mental health facility. thats all protected by hippa. if the president were serious, wouldnt he want to loosen up some of those rules to find out who the nutjobs are who are on psychotropic drugs? >> the way it works is we have limited categories of people with dangerousmental illness that are prohibited from buying guns already. >> we dont know who they are. robin, i dont mean to interrupt you, but we dont know who they are. ...

Tell you who is someone thats got a mental illness, who has been in a mental health facility. thats all protected by hippa. if the president were serious, wouldnt he want to loosen up some of those rules to find out who the nutjobs are who are on psychotropic drugs? >> the way it works is we have limited categories of people with dangerousmental illness that are prohibited from buying guns already. >> we dont know who they are. robin, i dont mean to interrupt you, but we dont know who they are. ...

They know they have to weaken them to put in tighter gun restrictions, which only hurt law-abiding team. what we need in this country right now, we need well-armed, well-intentioned law abiding theme. that will seven as a deterrent and quickly stop these situations when they begin. >> sheriff david clark, thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> with me, robin thomas. good evening, robin. do you believe an executive order by president obama will take guns out of the wrong hands? >> thanks...

They know they have to weaken them to put in tighter gun restrictions, which only hurt law-abiding team. what we need in this country right now, we need well-armed, well-intentioned law abiding theme. that will seven as a deterrent and quickly stop these situations when they begin. >> sheriff david clark, thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> with me, robin thomas. good evening, robin. do you believe an executive order by president obama will take guns out of the wrong hands? >> thanks...

We can do a better job with it. i think it could be a stronger system, but there isnt any privacy protection that inhibits us from creating a better system. >> robin, are you saying that if someone is in a mental health institution and gets released, that is information that the local police department can get when they do a background check? no! >> correct. if youre involuntarily committed into a mental institution, that record should be going into the background check system. and when a firear...

I think it could be a stronger system, but there isnt any privacy protection that inhibits us from creating a better system. >> robin, are you saying that if someone is in a mental health institution and gets released, that is information that the local police department can get when they do a background check? no! >> correct. if youre involuntarily committed into a mental institution, that record should be going into the background check system. and when a firearms dealer runs a background chec...

Robin, thanks for making time for me, i appreciate it. this study and this conversation is the topic of our big question for you today. do states need to take the lead on gun reform? we cant seem to get anything done on a congressional level. give me your thoughts, weigh in on twitter or facebook. well get some of your thoughts on the air. then we have new developments in that domestic case against george zimmerman. why his girlfriend wants the charges she brought dropped. and were following...

But make no mistake, were always swimming against the tide of the corporate gun lobby who are trying to undermine sensible change on this issue. weve definitely done a lot not only to stem that tide but make tremendous progress, even on the federal level. >> that was dan gross of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. his group along with the law center to reduce gun violence just released a state-by-state report card since the tragedy at newton which families will mark this saturday. eight...

And the false premise that guns make you safer, which has been completely debunked by our research, are going head to head. and you know what, i go with the moms. the moms are saying we care about our children. when 20 first graders are not safe in their classroom, its time to stand up and figure out solutions to the problem. we know there are solutions. we know that, for example, in california where we have robust gun regulation, gun violence has dropped by 56% in the last 20 years. contrast th...

0 safe travels back to the states. >> thank you, youre so welcome. joining me now is lechlt a i -- leila mcdowell. i want to start with you. you have this fantastic picture, you tweeted this out. you were on the plane with nelson mandela and his wife, winnie, after he was released from prison traveling around on this eight-city tour that they took. theres harry belafonte too. tell me what stood out to you the most, as you think back to the young lady you were at that time and now how you remem...