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But violence is our problem and no one is having a debate about the violence problem. and i think this is a missed opportunity to have an honest and open conversation in this country about why these horrifying things are happening. not simply what they're using to carry this out but why are people doing this to it begin where -- with? and all the focus is on laws that only law abiding speedometer are going to follow. >> you know the political analysis right now as a prospective 2016 nominee, you have to be careful not to stray too far from the republican party on guns particularly when you're ...

Which the second amendment guarantees, the congressional right and they are infective at keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals who quite frankly because hay are criminals don't care what the law is. so i'm not opposed to all gun laws. i'm just opposed to the ones that don't do those two things, don't protect the right to keep firearms. >> don't you need to be challenged? >> i don't think these accomplish that. >> there are existing background checks at the federal level. this would expand those checks in order to shore up certain loopholes. how is it that those additional checks...

Thinks he is omnipotent. >> booth could be contrued in a win in 2014. the immigration for votes and gun for money it is it a huge draw in sort of where he's going in san francisco and that sort of thing. >> every dollar he drawos that. $2 -- $1062-- 10 dollars will be on the other side. >> how you implement things matter. for all of the talk on the left we care about science, there is a lot of social science committed in the country and none of it suggest that the solutions will tackle the violence problem. no serious person comes away saying that will lessen the number of killings. no one thi...

Really impressive on it. when he talked about, we have a violence problem in this country that goes deeper than the guns and there should be common sense regulations put around guns as there always has been. but there's something deeper and we don't talk about that as much. i think it's easier for the president to give a speech talking about guns. i'd like to see him go out to hollywood and talk about the culture of almost violent pornography that's in the culture. and there's just room to talk about these things. this evil act in newtown. we describe it as mental illness and ascribe it to the...

Get out. joining us from los angeles, trial attorney. and from kansas city lawyer and psychologist. dr. russell, begin with you what do you think about this case in general? >> i liked it the way the judge had it, bill. consequences are key. way too many young people being spared. way too many consequences and way too many actions. really rare in life that we actually help people long-term by sparing them consequences of their actions. in fact, bill, that is much more the cause of our violence problem in our society than guns or lack of mental healthcare. >> the judge was compassionate. made h...