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I think it could be a stronger system, but there isn't any privacy protection that inhibits us from creating a better system. >> robin, are you saying that if someone is in a mental health institution and gets released, that is information that the local police department can get when they do a background check? no! >> correct. if you're involuntarily committed into a mental institution, that record should be going into the background check system. and when a firearms dealer runs a background check on you, that should flag you as being denied. the dealer won't know what the reason is, but you ...

Robin, thanks for making time for me, i appreciate it. this study and this conversation is the topic of our big question for you today. do states need to take the lead on gun reform? we can't seem to get anything done on a congressional level. give me your thoughts, weigh in on twitter or facebook. we'll get some of your thoughts on the air. then we have new developments in that domestic case against george zimmerman. why his girlfriend wants the charges she brought dropped. and we're following developing news impacting half the country. snow falling once again and this is round two for ma...

But make no mistake, we're always swimming against the tide of the corporate gun lobby who are trying to undermine sensible change on this issue. we've definitely done a lot not only to stem that tide but make tremendous progress, even on the federal level. >> that was dan gross of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. his group along with the law center to reduce gun violence just released a state-by-state report card since the tragedy at newton which families will mark this saturday. eight states that passed major reforms are filling in the gaps where federal laws are not. this comes a...

And the false premise that guns make you safer, which has been completely debunked by our research, are going head to head. and you know what, i go with the moms. the moms are saying we care about our children. when 20 first graders are not safe in their classroom, it's time to stand up and figure out solutions to the problem. we know there are solutions. we know that, for example, in california where we have robust gun regulation, gun violence has dropped by 56% in the last 20 years. contrast that with states where there are very weak or no gun laws that have the highest gun death rates in th...

0 safe travels back to the states. >> thank you, you're so welcome. joining me now is lechlt a i -- leila mcdowell. i want to start with you. you have this fantastic picture, you tweeted this out. you were on the plane with nelson mandela and his wife, winnie, after he was released from prison traveling around on this eight-city tour that they took. there's harry belafonte too. tell me what stood out to you the most, as you think back to the young lady you were at that time and now how you remember that specioexperience. >> well, i'm still a young lady, but i think that what was so impressiv...