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Result of this tragedy today? >> look, i think you heard it today from the governor, from the lieutenant governor. they are going to get together. they are going to take advice and counsel from stakeholders across our state, from parents, from teachers, from law enforcement, from legislators, and we are going to start solving this problem. will we ever eliminate it completely? its probably unlikely but we can do better and we are going to do better. >> lets take two of the issues pete williams j...

Belonged to his father. whether the father knew that his son had these or not, he didnt know. but the governor also mentioned or perhaps the lieutenant governor it was talked about trigger locks. we havent hert much about trigger locks in the national dialogue since the 1990s when there was that initial round of school shootings carried out by very young people, some in middle school. and we heard a lot of talk at the time about people putting either trigger locks on their firearms that make it ...

So theres been a convergence of the nra and trump. i got to say, i dont know how kanye west will play with the nra. i think killer mike is probably more than rapper du jour, but i do think he just instinctively knows where the red meat is. its also the only thing he can say. he hits those familiar talking points. the election. its been what, 560-how many days since the election, so hes always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they dont need to hear anything about trigger locks...

Say. he hits those familiar talking points. the election. its been what, 560-how many days since the election, so hes always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they dont need to hear anything about trigger locks or anything in depth about gun policy. they know he stands with them, and hes fine with that. >> mike is making an interesting point there. in the old days, the nra was sort of understood as there were democrats, and there still are, but there were a lot more democrats,...

He hits those familiar talking points. the election. its been what, 560-how many days since the election, so hes always going to go to that, and they get it on a gut level. they dont need to hear anything about trigger locks or anything in depth about gun policy. they know he stands with them, and hes fine with that. >> mike is making an interesting point there. in the old days, the nra was sort of understood as there were democrats, and there still are, but there were a lot more democrats, i th...

>> does it make sense to have people running around with guns visible, and i think the answer is absolutely not. >> reporter: a different approach in california. its now illegal there for holders of concealed carry permits to bring hand guns on to school campuses. the city of albany, new york, requires owners of firearms to store their guns in a secure container or install trigger locks. locks of a different kind in illinois on some prescription pain killers. its the first state to test whether ...

Preposterous. >> not a lot of criminals going to gun shows. im giving you the last word though so 30 seconds, go. >> close the loopholes, laura. most of the guns are not coming across the united states border. they are coming from adjacent states. in chicago they are coming from iowa, indiana, states with lax gun laws. same thing on the east coast and virginia. second thing is get guns that are sold with trigger locks with fingerprints so bad guys get it they cant use it finally, i would say lim...

Preposterous. >> not a lot of criminals going to gun shows. im giving you the last word though so 30 seconds, go. >> close the loopholes, laura. most of the guns are not coming across the united states border. they are coming from adjacent states. in chicago they are coming from iowa, indiana, states with lax gun laws. same thing on the east coast and virginia. second thing is get guns that are sold with trigger locks with fingerprints so bad guys get it they cant use it finally, i would say lim...

>> all right. thank you. time now for the "news nation" gut check. an arizona man will soon give shotguns to people in a troubled tucson neighborhood. the real estate agent is part of the armed citizens prong that is a national campaign to give shotguns to single women and homeowners. arizona gun supporters have donated more than $12,000 to fund the giveaway. participants will get training on how to use, handle and store the guns, as well as trigger locks. city officials say they have no recou...

Care act. i want to go back to this organizing point. the town hall meetings that happened that july 2009 on the affordable care act, the polling for health care reform was at 60%. >> right. >> and literally, the polls drops precipitously during that three-month period, down -- as a result of that. >> because public opinion was not a firm thing on the affordable care act, you know what i mean. >> people were firm about they should have that and the government should do something about that. >> i...