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in chattanooga, tennessee, sunday morning, two people were shot and killed and at least 14 others wounded near a downtown night club. >> i'm tired of standing in front of you talking about guns and bodies as if there are families whose lives have been shattered forever because once again we had people deciding to resolve their issues with firearms. >> another shooting overnight at a bar, this one in mess a, arizona. that left two people dead and two more injured. >> saturday night, at least three people were killed and 11 others injured in a shooting in philadelphia. police say sever...

Such data, in the rare instances it has been publicly released, has illuminated the pathways through which legally manufactured and lawfully sold firearms are obtained by

Is either shooting or brandishing a weapon. >> yes, it is. but, you know, researchers who have studied this say that a lot of defensive gun use is actually probably avoidable and the result of interpersonal beef. you're out with friends drinking and there's more guns around. >> right. >> and that's why they rely on this crime victim survey because they are actually the victim of a crime and they are reporting how they reacted to that. >> so clearly your piece shows how badly we need to track data on this in a more meaningful way. are there some easy fixes that could be done? >> well, like i sa...

The states sharing the gun data all have governors who aren't exactly open to the right to keep and bear arms, either, which is troubling.

Organizing principle, is conspiracy and paranoia, you know, really -- >> and sales. and sales. >> exactly. but they can also take all of that data, marketing data, targeting data, and sell it. which is what they do, right? that's part of how they make money is on the sales of things like bullets. they have all kinds of partnerships, no question. they're selling that marketing data. so you know, you've got to wonder why are these people not paranoid about how the nra is using their data? at least ask for a cut of what they're spending. >> they will take their gun away. >> if they were really wo...