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Shootings involve people with mental distress. there are other motives, hate, terrorism, revenge. there are all kinds of motives. about 30% involve mental illness. we dont want to stigmatize anybody with mental illness. but sometimes we do see those mental issues arise like in parkland, for example, or in gabrielle giffords shooting in tucson, aurora, these traits manifest themselves to mental illness. then we see guns -- the person in possession of guns. then we see some kind of contact with la...

Its not in all cases. in the case involves mental distress and then firearms come in and some contact with the authorities, police, whether prior arrests or this case calling with a dispute with the boss, i call that the tragedy triangle. the more attention we can pay to that as a public and as law enforcement we can say this is the signs -- and a lot have been interrupted stins dayton and el paso. law enforcement stopped a bunch. if we can ever get the congressmen to care about the witness, the...

Vep -- intervention if the person is suffering from mental stress or mental health. we shouldnt stigmatize people with mental or emotional issues, but 30% of the time it plays a part in these killings. so its something to pay attention to without stigmatizing everyone that needs care. but we are looking at people that are prone to violence. i always think of it this way. this is just an old policeman and agents way to look at it. i call it the tragedy triangle. it starts with the emotional part,...

40 years as a cop analysis. i call it the tragedy triangle. theres a mental health issue disorder. theres firearms that he owns or has easy access to in the home or where he works or lives. and theres some sort of police interaction event. thats the triangle. and then after that, and that happened with this guy in april. and then after that, tragedy ensues. i mean, you can look at parkland, its the same scenario. you can look at any number of them. i think the mental health professionals did an ...

His gun carrying card was taken from him in illinois, yet, he managed to get the guns across state lines. >> the law is weak. if you look at these events, heres another one, and this is my personal assessment of over 40 years as a federal agent. the tragedy triangle. there is a mental health issue. theres some troubled person. firearms. contact with the police. the triangle is completed at the white house. we have a troubled person. hes got the ar-15 and other weapons. he has contact with unifor...

>> its not going to stop unless we as voters, you want to change it for many reasons, not only gun safety laws but mental health, restraining orders, maybe mass violence prevention restraining orders as a suggest. i call it the tragedy triangle. my own view of it, after dealing with all my life. theres some kind of a mental episode that concerns someone. then theres firearms. and then theres some kind of a threat or interaction with the police. i call it the tragedy triangle. we see that. this g...

I call it tragedy triangle. theres some mental health issues and some contact with the police and then the gun enters the picture. some mental health issues some contact with the police and gun enters the picture theres tragedy in the middle so how do you interrupt that. for example, if that was a state with a state law like a gun violence restraining order when he went into the fbi the police could have been called and said this guy is talking like this, we might need to see if he has guns at h...

Order. but it had help this guy and all the people murdered today. i call it tragedy triangle. theres some mental health issues and some contact with the police and then the gun enters the picture. some mental health issues some contact with the police and gun enters the picture theres tragedy in the middle so how do you interrupt that. for example, if that was a state with a state law like a gun violence restraining order when he went into the fbi the police could have been called and said this...

And killing people. so what were failing to do in america is to form the right structure within our police and mental health professionals to form the right little structure to read the warning signs and take the action to stop these guys. its like the same lesson over again, but collectively, the citizens, we have to support the police and mental health authorities to do this. the state government in washington needs to help us set it up. we could do it. >> when you talk about this tragedy tria...