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Acts of violence if we do not have reasonable laws that prevent people who should not have guns from getting them in the first place. and so we cannot prevent the shooting that just happened. what we may be able to do is prevent the next one, and the fact that you can still go and buy those guns today without a background check is reckless. >> yep. yeah. and that's -- why -- it is we continue to dig into this and to find out where we went wrong. david, thanks very much. david chipman, former special agent at the atf. clint van zandt, former fbi profiler and author of "facing down evil." thanks...

Relevant authority. on the lautenberg side of this, the idea he was convicted of a crime of domestic violence is something that should be transmitted to something called the texas crime information center as well as the national crime information center. that would be the right way to do it. they still can't tell us at the air force whether or not these transfers were made and what administrative changes potentially they consider to make sure they make this smoothly. >> all right. hans, thanks very much. hans nichols at the pentagon for us. for more on all of this i'm joined by david chipman...

>> yeah, i would certainly look at that. >> bump stocks, legally converted weapons to turn semiautomatic weapons into virtually automatic weapons, that's something i think we'll take a look at. >> reporter: stephanie, here's the bottom line. the context here in washington, this congress has gotten very little accomplished in the last nine months and the republicans in control don't want to go home to their voters and say, well, we got sanctions done on russia and a gun control measure passed. that doesn't sell to republican audiences. they're trying to stay focused on tax reform right now. it'...

Daughter's murder. 24-year-old jared harrell is charged with the premeditated murder of somer thompson. he was arrested last month on child pornography charges. her mom calls him a monster. >> i stood here in front of all of you, 150-something days ago and said, we're coming to get you. we will get you. and so i'd like to take this opportunity to say to jared harrell, we got you. and you have ain't getting away. >> authorities say somer was walking home from school when she was lured into a home and sexually assaulted and then called. detectives say harrell was living at his parents' home near...

Hearts to please give us back our baby. >> he and his father had been visiting the boy's grandmother in central pakistan. he was taken from her house the same day they were scheduled to return to britain. new this morning the u.s. government has issued a travel warning for one of the biggest spring break destinations. students are advised to avoid mexico over the break, city nears the border. where drug violence has increased recently. for more i'm joined live by former fbi profiler and msnbc analyst clint van zandt the author of "facing down evil" good morning. >> hi alex. >> this unofficia...