i mean, in the case of sandy hook, adam lanza was using his mother's gun but she gave him access to those guns so, would it have prevented something like that? >> it's great question. and in looking at the entire issue of reducing gun violence, there's not one single solution that's gonna work for all cases. what we do know is that technology exists that can prevent some form of gun violence and accidents that occur. so, whether it's a 5-year-old that ends up shooting his 3-year-old brother, which happened last year, or potentially suicides or other events, our goal is to explore what can happen with the introduction of the technology, knowing that there's not going to be any single solution that's gonna present all sorts of cases. in particular, massacres where the authorized user is the person committing the crime. >> and is there anything -- any technologies that you've seen so far that have been submitted where you're already very interesting, very cutting edge, you have been surprised about? >> it's amazing. we have heard from high school students. we have heard from existing compani

it is little more than a year lanza shott --adam his way into the school in sandy hook, netiquette. -- connecticut. some of us are aware that just ao days ago, in new mexico, 12-year-old boy, a middle withler injured his school a shotgun in a gym bag and injured a 13-year-old girl. are recovering. in the year since sandy hook, gun bills have been introduced into legislatures in nearly every state. a little over 100 have actually been impacted. -- enacted. nearly 70% amplified gun rights. only 39 laws actually increased in control and safety -- gun control and safety. the u.s. has the highest number of guns per capita, 88 per hundred. 2013 saw the same number of deaths by gunshots as in the previous years, around 30,000. here we are year after sandy hook still talking. -- petitioningg and lobbying. in trying to craft legislation and policy that will protect our safety and freedom. tonight, we will pursue this conversation in a date format. -- debate format. speaking in favor of speaking in favor of an increased gun safety and gun control legislation is john donohue, the edith m carl sm

when a shooter walks into one of these schools and is able to perpetrate the kind of violence that adam lanza did in newtown, connecticut. and we are sending a message of complicity when the united states senate and the house of representatives stands absolutely silenced in the face of this violence. i have come down to the floor almost every week, and i hope almost every time i arrive at the floor, i let my colleagues know that i don't expect that any law that we pass is going to reduce 31,000 or 2,600 or 86--- 86 to zero. i understand the reality is there is no law that we can pass that will end all incidences of gun violence, that there is no panacea to this problem that congress can offer, but we send a pretty clear message when we do nothing, when the senate does not act, when the house does not act. we tell people in this country that we must be okay with the numbers that continue to accrue and move upward. i know that that isn't the case. i know that my republican colleagues are just as sickened as i am at 86 people dying every day from guns. i know that supporters of the n.r.a., gun o

it is a little more than a year lanza shoter adam his way into sandy hook elementary in connecticut. --killed 20 67-year-old kids killed 26 7- year-old kids. ago, there wass also an incident in roswell where a boy brought a shotgun to the school. both are recovering successfully. in the years and sandy hook, over 1500 gun bills have been introduced into legislatures of nearly every state. the 1500, a little over 100 have actually been enacted according to the new york times. 70%hose hundred, nearly amplified gun rights. 39 actually increased gun control. the u.s. still has the highest number of guns per capita, oh 88 per hundred. a total of 270 million. 2013 so the previous numbers of gun deaths, around 30,000. here we are one year after sandy hook talking about -- positioning, lobbing, organizing -- and trying as citizens to craft legislation and policy that will protect their safety and freedom. tonight we will pursue this conversation in a debate format. i will act as moderator. increasedn favor of gun safety and control is john donohue. speaking in favor of gun owners kilmer, ano