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Much if now iraq is going to become a terror state? yesterday, on abc, a general who served in iraq addressed that question. >> i don't really know what you say to those families. this has got to be so difficult for them. it's difficult for the almost 4500 survivors who have lost loved ones in iraq. it's difficult for all the wounded. it's difficult for all those folks who spent much longer than i did, much longer than two years, four, five, six tours over there and put their lives on hold to see this happening is extremely difficult for all of us. >> i mean, does it mean it was all for nothin...

One man says enough. he is a seasoned leader from an organization that literally lives and dies by guns. you're a general, you're an army man. you have spent your life around guns. you are comfortable with them. you know they can be used responsibly. but you also feel that when people are at risk in terms of mental issues, it is very dangerous for them to have access to guns. >> it is very dangerous for them to have access to guns. i believe that. >> general chiarelli took over in 2008. the suicide rate hm doubled in 2001. >> this is an area we have to attack. >> he was tasked with battling th...

America. we saw many interesting ideas that work. all of them centering around some simple commonsense ideas that will put some checks on the unfettered sale and possession of firearms. what we did not find was a large-stale nationwide example when expanded attention to mental health issues could be tied to a reduction in homicides or suicides using guns. this might surprise you. every time there is a serious gun massacre in the united states and alas these are fairly common the media focuses on the twisted psychology of the shooter and asks why we don't pay more attention to detecting and tre...

Weapons. that was striking to me. >> but when he tried to institute it in the army, pentagon lawyers told him it was a no-go. >> our freedom is under attack like never before. >> the nra, they said, would block him, and that's exactly what the gun advocacy group tried to do. the nra got congress to include a provision that barred military commanders from even collecting information about a troop's personal weapon. was that frustrating? >> it is frustrating when you working with an at-risk population. the reason why it is so frustrating is that this science is so inexact. we need to have the ab...

That's roughly the same population as the six states with the lowest rates of gun ownership, which had 40 million people and yet during those years, 3.78 times as many people committed suicide with a firearm in the 15 high gun states compared with the six low gun states. again, that's comparing two populations of roughly the same size. another study just released shows that reducing gun ownership by 10% in all states would result in between 1,640 and 2,960 fewer deaths by suicide each year. suicide is a complex problem, but one thing seems clear, certainly to retired general peter chiarelli. >...