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Illinois lawmakers went to capitol hill calling for stricter gun laws after the mass shooting in highland park on the fourth of july. republicans said the focus should be on teaching americans how to spot warning signs of a potential mass shooter. but the highland park mayor shared what she believes is the true root of the problem. >> how much more needs to happen before this obvious action is taken. we know that there are mental health issues in other countries throughout this world. we know that there are troubled people who are inclined towards violence, what's the differentiating factor, c...

Frankly laurie dan and highland park and wa nenetka, there's a clear problem that for whatever reason the other side of the aisle is not interested in talking about. that was a first step. that is so appreciated, but truly we need to get combat weapons out of the country, and it's one of those things that time after time after time, we hear about law-abiding citizens but we also know that most of the mass shooters are legally obtaining these combat weapons. that says to me, and i do appreciate, obviously, law-abiding citizens, but if criminals and mass shooters can obtain these weapons legally...

People listening. do you think that made an impact with republicans that don't like to talk about guns. >> thanks for asking the question, to be honest, the republicans mostly left the room when i was speaking. that was very frustrating to all of the people who have felt this pain and agony now for two and a half weeks, but let's talk about the folks across the country who have been dealing with this problem for years and years and years. the republicans can choose to continue to turn a blind eye to this issue but at the end of the day, americans are dying, children are afraid to g g go t a ve...

World there are people who have mental health challenges and difficult family scenarios, but they don't have access to these combat weapons. it's pretty straightforward that we as a nation need to talk about why we have access to these guns. it is terrible what has happened to the families who were attacked in the middle of a huge celebration in the heart of our city. but let's get to the root cause of all of this. absolutely, we need to be able to provide more resources and more support to folks who are facing mental health challenges, more specifically we need to make it virtually if not tot...

We worked with the combat weapons team and they trained us on shotgun marksmanship and we feel that we were consistent on events like that of course they're not done it's back on the road for the final range joey jones is standing by, were at the final range today, this is a movement that involves both members of the rangers team moving forth gets their ability to move as a team were to be quiet and watch them at work. >> we have to work together as you move down the range to engage the enemy target to remain calm and execute the shot throughout the range. >> teams will be ranked according to ...