according to the los angeles
times, republican california
senator jim nielsen told his
colleagues,
colleagues, there are some who
will use every tragedy to take
guns away from law-abiding
citizens.
let's not release into our
community without treatment of
thousands of mentally ill
individuals.
your reaction to that?
>> he was referring to
criminals.
if we look at the shooters, the
shooter in tucson, the shooter
in aurora, the shooter in isla
vista, none of them thad a
criminal background.
we know that very charged
emotional events.
you can be fired, very depressed
have a bad breakup, can cause a
person to act in a way that's
irrational and maybe to be in
that circumstance for a couple
of months.
this gives a tool for people
that aren't criminals but people
that are in a temporary state of
just irrationality, that mixed
with the gun can create lethal
consequences.
>> if someone has a gun taken
away from them, is there a time
frame after which or during
which they're able to get...