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97% of americans, majority of republicans, democrats, independents, believe we ought to have background checks that don't have loopholes, we know who are purchasing weapons. we find out whether they have mental health problems, criminal problems, whether they're domestic abuse persons, whether they're terrorists, can't fly on airplanes because of the danger to the air public. the fact of the matter is america wants action and we ought to have action. the speaker has said we will take on the tough issues one at a time. we'll have the courage to do that. well, he's not doing that. he hasn't done...

Must have firearms adept and have annual training. should get yearly bonus. shootings will not happen again. a very big and very inexpensive deterrent. up to states. that's a detail. alsoncdes an emphasis on mental health, and ending the sale of bump stocks like the ones used in las vegas. let's go through some of these proposals. there's actually legislation that stalled in congress right now that would improve federal background check system. the president's support could help to move that along. as far as raising the age for buying weapons, governor rick scott made some strides to do that, ...

As you also know, the president is now signaling that he might be ready to come up with some changes in the nation's gun laws, possibly including a ban on what are called bump stocks that could make rifles effectively become machine guns. talk about some of the steps you'd like to see the president take. he may be open to tighter background checks. he may be open to a national age restriction as far as purchasing weapons are concerned from 18, let's say, to 21. are you encouraged by those initial indications, those signals he's sending? >> wolf, i don't know what those -- i don't know what the...

Gunned down. t the rate of fire might be slower with bump stocks but doesn't count for much in terms of how much slower it is compared to fully automatic weapon. the president considering raising the minimum age for people to either possess or buy a gun. currently it's 21. to buy a handgun. to buy a long gun, it's 18. but he may have to defer to states on that it's a patch work across america. some states like massachusetts, you can be as young as 15 and possess a long gun with the approval of your parents. the president looking at ways to tighten up background checks for people that are purch...

Prosecutor, we dealt with in 2007 a thing called intelligence policing. it's not so much a police gun but computer terminal. doing tryiaging, red flags. so many points of data that this kid was in trouble and specifically that he would commit an act of violence at the school on a federal, state and local level. it's confounding that it wasn't picked up. >> shepard: what could anybody have done? >> a good point. if he's not committed a crime, not much they could do. how about a welfare check? how about letting him know we're watching you? that has an effect to slow him down a little bit. let's ...