there was an incident reported by joe tucker about a first grader who had a gun and brought it to school. we have to question how does that happen? what is the thinking, and again you're talking about a first grader. and what can we do as youth workers? as educators? as parents. as teachers to help insure that our youth don't grow up in a world where that type of behavior becomes the norm. we have an incredible, incredible array of speakers here today. by speakers, i mean individuals who have come here to share their experiences. i want to emphasize this is about community participation. what that means, community participation, all of you as exerts in what you do in your work working with our young people need to have a voice. so we will have questions, but more importantly solutions is what we're asking for. not speaking but solutions. we're also broadcasting this about 12 times over the next 6 months. so those of you in our viewing audience who would like to participate in the action plan, it simply send an email to us. go to www.dot sfdefender.org. it's also available online. you can

. >> reporter: joe tucker lost his leg in a motorcycle accident 16 years ago. >> i hit something on thetion in the road and my leg got caught through a guardrail and i just severed it. >> reporter: for the past two weeks tucker has been learning to use this state-of-the-art prosthetic leg. the father of four says it's the most normal he's felt since the accident. >> i'm trusting it more on a daily basis. it's very efficient physically and mentally. >> reporter: the 42-year-old is one of a handful of civilians testing the genium bionic leg. now available to the public. it has hydraulics and a complex system of sensors that anticipate an amputee's every move. >> it's sampling what's going on 200 times per second, so at any given situation it's reacting instantaneously, that's why we call it intuitive. >> reporter: tucker can walk smoothly and bend his knees without falling. it senses when his leg is on the ground and in the air. >> i think this is the next step in getting me to that level of never feeling like i have a disability. >> reporter: he's moving forward with greater confidence a

. >> reporter: joe tucker's athletic achievements are written all over his wall. >> this is my wall ofe since 25 when a motorcycle accident took his left leg. wearing a prosthetic limb hasn't kept joe down. he's been through six legs and counting. >> this is one of my older legs you could say, more of the original technology, the technology is older, a little bit heavier. >> reporter: with the older models, climbing stairs and stepping over objects was challenging and practicing baseball drills with his kids was difficult. >> frustrating times where you want to teach them how to throw a ball, pitching or you want to teach them how to throw a ball, batting. i stand differently than they do. >> reporter: the new leg developed in part for the military for wounded soldiers promises to take them to new heights. joe is one of the first civilians to step out with the genium. >> put your foot over. >> reporter: and coaching him someone who has walked in his shoes, bill dunham, retired army sergeant, fellow amputee and user. >> going upstairs, step over step, showing know how to use that, inspi