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Gave the data, more americans to gun violence than any other year on record. we're all feeling that. we all see it. the horrific school shooting that just occurred recently is very triggering for all of us that are living through pretty consistent lockdown drills and reality that most of our kids feel often afraid about the threat of gun violence at their schools. that's why this tiktok message took off. no other industrialized country would have a message like that take off. it does in america because we have failed to solve this problem at its root, failed to understand the trauma that we're...

That doesn't answer the question of what went on, how many people could be injured, has anybody been braurt to the hospital at this point? those are the questions we're trying to ask. as big as this high school, we know it is one of many in that school district. however, i don't know how many students actually attend that high school. we're trying to continue to learn information, this all unfolding very quickly, kate. >> one thing we do know, unfortunately, as we've seen it happen time and time again is first the schools lock down. the students, teachers, staff, they lock down in place. that'...

Have had to focus a fair bit of training and preparation for. so bases like pensacola would normally have lockdown drills at some measure of frequency. whatever measure they believe was appropriate. they'd view this on a routine basis so they could do it efficiently when the time came. i have no doubt that nas pensacola has been keeping up their protocol and they did the right thing. lock it down and then make sure people know it's locked down. people on the base and can't leave and various ways to do that. electronically as well as face-to-face. and then you make sure that the local media kno...

Proof vest on a child. i think we have the video. let's play it. we don't have the video. i explained the video. tell us more about the message. it seems like we're closer to that reality than ever before. >> i'm a mom. i have girls in the public schools. like all parents, they come home after lockdown drills and they feel anxiety. they feel upset. the reason why is they know that ultimately those drills aren't going to save them and the answers are right before us. we need to focus on the guns and easy access to assault-tile weap weapons. there's huge anxiety among parents sending their kids ...

Any, will likely be made on gun control legislation, particularly in the wake of multiple deadly mass shootings in this country? >> yeah, i mean, i think that the real answer is no progress. this time for the first time when i started my semester, we talked about the fact with my undergraduate students that people are advertising backpacks that are bullet-proof backpacks. we talk about what type of country we are living in now. and i think the response is that the people -- our behavior is changing. we're sending kindergartners coming home from school talking about shelter in place drills. we'...