>> WE’RE GETTING A LIVE LOOK
INSIDE THE TENNESSEE STATE
CAPITOL BUILDING IN NATIONAL
SECURITY, TENNESSEE, WHERE
PROTESTERS HAVE GATHERED,
DEMANDING A BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS AFTER THIS WEEK’S
SHOOTING AT THE COVENANT SCHOOL.
THERE IN TENNESSEE, YOU ARE
SEEING WHAT APPARENTLY THE
PROTESTERS BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE
OF THE LAWMAKERS WHO PROCEEDED
INSIDE.
SHANNON, WE WERE TALKING A
MOMENT AGO, SOME IN THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHO BLAME THE
GOVERNOR IN TENNESSEE AND
REPUBLICANS FOR SKATING AROUND
THE FACT THEY ARE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING CREATE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ALLOWED
MONDAY’S SHOOTING TO CONSIDER,
REFERENCING TWO YEARS AGO
FAILURE TO PASS RED FLAG LAW.
SOME ARGUE THAT WOULD HAVE
PREVENTED THE SHOOTER FROM
ACQUIRING SEVEN GUNS.
THE COUNTER ARGUMENT, CRIMINALS
ARE CRIMINALS, NO LAW PREVENT
ILLEGAL ACQUISITION OF A GUN, OR
ILLEGAL ACT TO TAKE A LIFE AND
THAT IS ILLEGAL.
NOT IN THE SLOW BEHEMETH, WHAT
WE NEED IS SAFETY AND PROTECTION
OF CHILDREN LIKE THAT.
>> Shannon: I THINK THIS IS ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS
ABOUT AMERICA, YOU CAN GO DO
THIS IN A STATE CAPITOL, YOU CAN
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND EMOTIONAL,
WE ALL ARE, IT IS HEARTBREAKING
AND GUT-WRENCHING, THE FACT THEY
WILL GO THERE IS BEAUTIFUL,
UNIQUELY AMERICAN THING, GLAD TO
SEE IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE BROADER
CONVERSATIONS, THERE IS NOT ONE
EASY FIX.
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BEST
POSITION HERE?
THE PARENTS.
THEY FELT THIS SHOOTER HAD
GOTTEN RID OF GUNS, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN PEOPLE TO FLAG THIS,
NOTHING WOULD HAVE SHOWN IN
BACKGROUND CHECK BECAUSE THE
PERSON GOT THE GUNS LEGALLY.
THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS,
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.
>> Harris: WE DON’T WANT TO
IGNORE THE IMAGES OR AUDIO
COMING OUT OF THERE, OUR VOICES
ARE HAVING TO COMPETE WITH IT,
BECAUSE IT IS SO LOUD.
I AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY
THINK IT IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, RIGHT TO
PROTEST INSIDE THE STATE
BUILDING, THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING IN TENNESSEE AND THEY
ARE ANGRY AND THEY WANT GUN
CONTROL TO CHANGE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I WILL ASK THE TEAM, CAN WE JUST
LET THIS PLAY A LITTLE BIT AND
TRY TO HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CHANTING?
>> [SCREAMING]
[CHANTING]
>> Harris: IT IS SO INTERESTING.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
OF COORDINATION HERE, JUST IN
TERMS OF THEIR VOICES.
YOU HEARD IT GET VERY QUIET AND
THE CHANT CHANGED.
DOUG, YOU ARE ON THE HILL, A
CONGRESSMAN ON THE HILL.
YOU LOOK AT THIS AND KNOW WHAT
THIS CAN MEAN FOR GUN CONTROL.
WHO DOES THIS PUT PRESSURE ON IN
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE TODAY?
>> Doug: EVERYBODY WILL FEEL
PRESSURE FROM IT, BUT ACTUALLY
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS AND I
AGREE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN
AMERICA.
WE PROTEST AND MAKE OUR VOICE
HEARD.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
IF YOU SAY RED FLAG LAWS, MOST
EVERYTHING WE HAVE SEEN ON
SHOOTERS, NONE OF THE RED FLAG
LAWS WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE
SHOOTER.
LET’S TAKE AWAY X GUN, NAME
STUFF, THE PROBLEM HERE IS
SOMETHING WE’VE TALKED ABOUT,
BEEN A THEME OF THIS SHOW TODAY.
THERE IS SEPARATION WE WILL DO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, MY OPINION
IS RIGHT AND THERE IS RIGHT AND
WRONG AND WE’VE HAD ISSUES WITH
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
WHEN YOU HAVE INNER PAS WHO DO
NOT KNOW THERE ARE SEVEN GUNS IN
THEIR HOUSEHOLD, HOW ARE YOU
EXPECTING THE COMMUNITY OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
LAST THING, THIS WAS A PICKED
TARGET BECAUSE IT WAS SOFT, IT
WAS NOT THERE.
I ASK THIS QUESTION ALL THE
TIME, WHAT WILL STOP YOU IF YOU
ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD
SPEEDING AND YOU SEE SIGN THAT
SAYS DRIVE 65 OR YOU SEE A STATE
TROOPER.
THE STATE TROOPER.
I WILL STOP BECAUSE THERE IS AN
ARMED GUARD IN FRONT OF A
SCHOOL.
THOSE FOLKS ARE EMOTIONAL, BUT
CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, SEE WHAT
WORKS AND DOESN’T WORK AND THAT
IS THE SAD PART ABOUT IT.
>> Emily: DISTINCTION OF SHORT
TERM AND LONG-TERM
DECISION-MAKING THAT HAS
SHORT-TERM IMPACT, IMMEDIATE
IMPACT VERSUS LONG-TERM AND
KAHLANA AND I SPOKE, AG HAMILTON
29 SAID, IF I UNDERSTAND THIS
CORRECTLY, IF SHOOTER HAS
RIGHT-WING VIEW, RIGHT WING
RHETORIC IS RESPONSIBLE.
LEFT WING, THE LEFT WING --
>> THESE KIDS, SIGNS AND CHANTS
HAVE BEEN PROTECT OUR KIDS,
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
EVERY PARENT IN AMERICA IS
SAYING THAT, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE
HAVE TO GET TO DOUG’S POINT,
REAL SOLUTIONS, PAST THE TALKING
POINT.
THE LEFT TALKS ABOUT GUN
CONTROL, THE RIGHT TALKS ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH.
HAVE A DISCUSSION WHAT CAN
CHANGE THINGS, NOT GENERATIONS
FROM NOW, BUT TOMORROW, IS
DETERRENTS, ARMED GUARD,
HARDENING OUR SCHOOLS, THAT CAN
STOP THE NEXT SCHOOL SHOOTING.
MARSHA BLACKBURN AND HAGGERTY
WILL ALLOW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SCHOOLS TO TRAIN AND HIRE
VETERANS AND FORMER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO SERVE AS
SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS.
DAN BONGINO HIGHLIGHTED REPORT
IN AVERTED CASES, ONE THIRD WERE
BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICERS, MAINLY ARMED
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT
CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
STUDENTS AND ABLE TO IDENTIFY
THREATS.
THAT CAN MAKE A CHANGE.