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Conversation starts to change. is it still going to be a priority? will we see those changes at the federal and local level? that's the discussion happening at the white house this morning. >> right. i think the white house has been extremely engaged on this. they have met with not just victims but local law enforcement, the meeting that they are having right now. but the problem is they are coming up with solutions that hopefully can actually address the problem which is -- i don't believe tinkering with the age when the core of the issue for these mass shootings we've seen over and over agai...

Semi automatic weapons. >> let's see a bill proposals. and let's see how long the president sticks with this proposal. the nra is against it. lawmakers are capitol hill are saying, i don't see this happening. meanwhile, public opinion is behind it. there is a public push. the president now has an opportunity to be that bipartisan deal maker that he said he could be to take this public push for, what is, some people would say a pretty modest proposal, not like he's looking to ban -- >> ban all assault rifles. >> yeah. we're talking about raising the age so it matches the age restriction for han...

Handgun? >> he would be at as today advantage facing it with a hand gun, but not as much as the people who are inside the building that are completely unarmed. he is there with a gun. he has body armor and training. >> so i keep reading this week as i try and become more knowledgeable about appropriate police response, in fact i'll put the "new york times" up as an example of what i'm about to say, the shooting at columbine high school in 1999 fundamentally changed police protocol amid fears that a gunman equipped with semi automatic weapons would be capable of killing dozens in a matter of se...

From a military perspective, your thoughts. i talked to military personnel on this debate over guns and what type of weapons civilians should have in their hands. col. ralph peters said i draw the line at the semi automatic weapons, they shouldn't have them. >> i don't get into those debates. i'm just another citizen. my opinion is protect kids in school, a kid with a gun right now who is thinking about doing this, we have 2 protect those kids. the level of violence has gone up in ways most of us find unacceptable. we can debate with the reasons are. we have to protect our kids. this is not ne...

Capability to take these people out rapidly before they can do this kind of damage. >> reporter: president trump repeating his call to allow some properly trained teachers to carry a concealed weapon and denouncing the armed deputy who police say did nothing during the parkland school shooting. >> somebody who was outside, they're trained. they didn't react properly under pressure or they were coward. >> reporter: at a conservative conference the president arguing an armed educator might have made a difference. >> the teacher would have shot the hell of him before he knew what happened. >> rep...