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Suicides and homicides, 10,000 people have died since that shooting. and this will keep on happening. you know, i guess i'm a little bit optimistic. i see this -- there is no silver bullets here, as you know. there is silver buck shot. universal background checks are one of those silver buck shot. they will make a real difference. and that, i hope, will lay the ground work for other modest steps that over time can reduce the murders and can reduce the suicides, can limit gun access to some degree. >> good to see you. thanks for coming in. next, i talk to an nra member whose sister was shot t...

Is, the optimism i have, and it's not a lot, but it's some, we're still talking about this, it's still leading the news three months after newtown. >> and if you count both suicides and homicides, 10,000 people have died since that shooting. and this will keep on happening. you know, i guess i'm a little bit optimistic. i see this -- there is no silver bullets here, as you know. there is silver buck shot. universal background checks are one of those silver buck shot. they will make a real difference. and that, i hope, will lay the ground work for other modest steps that over time can reduce th...

Predicting much more will soon be known about the suspect which he called a twisted and delusional individual. >> we have so many guns in this country and we do have a lot more gun violence than other country, but even if you didn't have access, this guy was diabolical. he would have found explosives or poisonous gas to create this horror. >> reporter: two members of the u.s. senate squaring off over further gun control regulation and whether it could have prevented the tragedy in colorado. >> i have no problem with people being licensed bearing a firearm but these are weapons that you are onl...

>> i have no problem with people being licensed, buying a firearm. but these are weapons that you are only going to be using to kill people in close combat. that is the purpose of that weapon. >> this is not an new of guns but an issue of sick individuals. it is a tragedy. i don't think this is a solution here in washington to solve this problem. >> johnson said the answer could lie in families, communes, and our educational system to try to instill proper values the he said limited gun access violates the 2nd amendment to the constitution and limits the freedoms that americans enjoy. >> thank...

Event there in aurora, colorado, many using the talk shows to voice their thoughts on a number of concerns mainly our nation's gun laws. and now more from washington, dc, on this. >> and now the long standing debate over tougher gun regulations with the governor of colorado today saying that without access to guns this suspect might have acted anyway. the governor called the suspect "twisted and delusional," comparing this to an act of terrorism. >> if he could have gotten access to the bombs what kind of bomb would he manufacture? this is a time of information age with access to all kinds of ...