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Kept him from buying the gun that was used. >> it was a crime the assailants was ever able to purchase a firearm in the first place. he lied on his application. had a history of mental illness and there were bureaucratic failures. rob: we now know all the victims of the tragic shooting is here are the photos. eight were children. the oldest just 16. 11 people still recovering in the hospital. senate democrats going full steam ahead introducing a major gun-control bill. the legislation would make it illegal to sell and manufacture more than 200 different types of semi automatic weapons. it woul...

Medi post made days before the attack which appears to show a semi automatic weapon. what questions do you have tonight? >> that is certainly one of them, looking into what the activity was online. the fbi is going to be pouring through all the social media as well as communications, talking to neighbors and friends and family members. i've said this many times before after an incident like this, human beings don't exist in the vacuum. most have contact with other individuals whether it's family, friends or coworkers and that's a very important cog in solving this crime, figuring out what they...

But after sandy hook, when two dozen children are mowed down and las vegas where 58 people are killed from a maniac that has a gun. nothing ever happens after the shootings. we have two sides so entrenched in their particular belief on this that i don't see after those shootings how this would change anything, either. it's the same script over and over again, jon. >> jon: but you do have a couple of heroes who had access to guns or a gun who helped make this thing from being worse than it actually might have been otherwise by taking on the shooter with a semi automatic weapon. i mean, as one o...

Instance from "the new york times" they have a ticker that has hours, minutes and seconds, how long before it's too soon to debate gun control? with 377 shootings. more than one a day. it has become like a formula what hap -- happens next. >> jon: judy, the indications are this is a guy who shouldn't have been able to buy weapons. dishonorably discharged from the air force for violently assaulting his wife and his child and then either lied about it on the applications or somehow, you know, somehow was able to get his hands on weapons. if somebody is intent on doing evil, they are going to do ...

Intermediary event. >> as you point out, the motive is unclear at the moment but investigators are looking at social media posts that he may have made in the days before this morning's attack including one that appeared to show a semi automatic weapon, according to local reports in texas, police were checking his home for explosives after the shooting. i am sure people who are watching are asking how is it that investigators were looking at social media posts of him showing off a semi automatic weapon and the sky was not approached by authorities before today. >> with anybody on facebook and t...