>> Dana: I'M DANA PERINO.
HERE'S SHEP.
>> Shepard: YET AGAIN IN
AMERICA.
YET AGAIN IN AMERICA INNOCENT
FAMILIES ARE SLUMPED TO THEIR
KNEES IN GRIEF LIVING AN
UNIMAGINABLE WEIGHT, TO RETRIEVE
THE BULLET RIDDLED BODIES OF
THEIR CHILDREN.
YET AGAIN IN AMERICA WE SEARCH
OUR SOULS FOR ANSWERS, BEG OUR
LEADERS FOR SOLUTIONS THAT THUS
FAR HAVE NOT COME.
BY ONE BROAD MEASURE, THE 251st
MASS SHOOTING IN OUR HOMELAND
THIS YEAR HAPPENED 13 HOURS
AFTER THE 250th.
YET AGAIN IN AMERICA.
UNIQUELY AMERICAN, THIS HAPPENS
WITH REGULARITY IN LARGE NUMBERS
AS A PATTERN JUST HERE.
NOWHERE ELSE.
GRANTED, MASS SHOOTINGS LIKE THE
ONES IN EL PASO AND DAYTON
REPRESENT ONLY A SMALL FRACTION
OF OUR NATION'S GUN VIOLENCE.
IT'S ATTACKSES LIKE THESE THAT
ARE MORE TRAUMATIZING PERHAPS
BECAUSE AFTER THE FACT WE CAN
PUT OURSELVES THERE WE CAN
PICTURE OURSELVES AT A CROWDED
WAL-MART, SCOOPING UP SCHOOL
SUPPLIES.
WE CAN RELATE TO BEING AT A BAR
LATE ON A SUMMER SATURDAY,
HAVING A CONVERSATION AND A
LAUGH WITH FRIENDS.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AND SOUNDS LIKE WHEN THE REGULAR
STOPS ALONG OUR JOURNEYS DELIVER
A TURNING POINT IN OUR LIVES.
OR END THEM YET AGAIN IN
AMERICA.
SO MUCH OF THE EVERY DAY
MUST-DOS ARE NOW AT LEAST
OCCASIONALLY CLOUDED IN FEAR
LIKE SENDING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
COLUMBINE, LITTLE ROCK, PEARL,
PARKLAND, NEW TOWN, UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS, VIRGINIA TECH, FEAR OF
GUN VIOLENCE.
AT WORK, AT A STADIUM A MOVIE
THEATER, A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, A
WALMART, A BAR.
AS FOR DETAILS ON 250, A YOUNG
MAN COMPLAINED ONLINE ABOUT WHAT
HE CALLED A HISPANIC INVASION OF
TEXAS.
FAMILIAR LANGUAGE.
COPS SAY HE DROVE HUNDREDS OF
MILES FROM HOME TO THE WALMART
TO A STORE KNOWN TO ATTRACT
MEXICAN FAMILIES LOOKING FOR
PRODUCTS THEY CAN'T GET ALONG
THE LINE.
HE WAS PARTICULARLY BUSY ON THE
MORNING HE CHOSE.
THE SCHOOL SHOPPING AND ALL, THE
PREPARING FOR KIDS FUTURES.
MANIFESTO, INVASION.
HE KILLED THEM.
SAY POLICE, HE'S TALKING IN JAIL
AND HAS NO REGRETS.
YET AGAIN IN AMERICA.
THEN AS THE LONG DAY AND NIGHT
GOES INTO THE WEE HOURS, AS BODY
STILL LAY WHERE THEY DROPPED AT
THE WALMART AFTER THE BULLETS
RIPPED THE LIFE FROM THEIR
BODIES, 2:51, ANOTHER ANGRY
YOUNG MAN PULLED THE TRIGGER ON
HIS RIFLE MANY STATES AWAY.
POLICE SAY NINE PEOPLE WERE
DEAD, DOZENS HURT, HUNDREDS
TRAUMATIZED.
COPS IN DAYTON HAVE NOT
EXPLAINED THE SHOOTER'S MOTIVE.
THE KILLER'S FORMER CLASSMATE
SAID HE WAS KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL
FOR MAKING A LIST OF GIRLS HE
WANTED TO KILL.
ONE WOMAN THE GUNMAN CONFESSED
TO HER THAT HE FANTASIZED ABOUT
SLITTING HER THROAT AND TYING
HER UP.
OF MASS SHOOTING NUMBER 251, SHE
SAYS THIS ISN'T A MYSTERY TO ME.
IS THIS SHOCKING TO YOU?
DEBILITATING OR UNIMAGINABLE?
OR IS IT ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT HAPPENS YET AGAIN IN
AMERICA?
SADLY ROUTINE.
AFTER ALL, THE GILROY GARLIC
FESTIVAL WAS JUST LAST WEEK.
REMEMBER THAT?
REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THAT
ONE?
THEY DO IN GILROY.
OR LAS VEGAS OR THE PULSE
NIGHTCLUB.
IS SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH, THE
BAPTIST CHURCH IN TEXAS, THE
BIBLE STUDY IN CHARLESTON.
>> YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING OF
MANY AS A CABLE NEWS VIEWER,
LIKELY NOT ALL 251 JUST THIS
YEAR.
BUT SURVIVORS WILL TELL YOU YOU
NEVER FORGET.
IF YOU SAW THE KILLER UP CLOSE,
SMELLED THE BLOOD WHEN IT WAS
OVER.
OR BURIED YOUR CHILD.
YOU CAN'T FORGET EVER.
EACH TIME WE HEAR KIDS CRY,
PARENTS PRAY AND POLITICIANS
PROMISE.
THEN IT HAPPENS YET AGAIN IN
AMERICA.
HERE A FRIEND MOURNING THE
TEACHER IN EL PASO THAT WAS
BUYING CLASSROOM SUPPLIES BUT
DIDN'T SURVIVE.
HERE'S SISTERS HOLDING EACH
OTHER IN DAYTON NEAR THE SPOT
WHERE HER BROTHER DREW HIS LAST
BREATH.
THEY'LL REMEMBER.
NOW GUN LAWS, REGULATIONS,
BACKGROUND CHECKS, SOFT TARGETS,
BODY ARMOR, DEATH PENALTY,
MENTAL HEALTH.
TIME FOR ACTION.
I PROMISE.
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
WE HEAR YOU.
WE HEARD YOU LAST TIME.