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. >> we have that in hundreds of schoo and it works just fine.here's no problem and there killings at those schools. >> so you're sayinghat t reason this school in florida was attacked are you saying i because it was not well-defended? s is >> no, i don't know why it was attacked but active killer events, almost every one in this country happens where the viloims are not d to shoot back. there's an absolute trend there. gun control is a failure. when you look at the results, it ends up in more 's time we reathe unintended consequence of a well-meaning policy, but the bottom line is results matter and the results of gun controare failure and dead kids. that's enough. >> in florida there was an armed officer on the scene. he wasn't able to intervene for whatever reason. the coluine high school massacre in colorado in 1999. there was an armed officer there. that also didn't prevent is shooting from appening. police officers attended the scene very quickly. these things, the evidence does not show that this stops people from being killed. >> in bothn

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. >> we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> reporter: notably, the president did not mention the issue of gun control or new gun laws during his address to the nation. and his remarks today, attorney general jeff sessions stayed on message, saying the justice department would partner with other federal agencies. >> to study the intersection of mental health and criminality and identify, and how we can stop people before these heinous crimes occur. >> reporter: but for a time thursday, treasury secretary steve mnuchin appeared to move away from the topic -- >> personally i think the gun violence, it's a tragedy what we've seen yesterday. and i would urge congress to look at these issues. >> reporter: however, later, his office clarified the remarks saying there was no daylight between him and the president. the administration's focus on the possible mental state of the shooter, rather than the weapon used in the attack, is not new. after a texas church shooting that claimed

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and start saying yes to the american .hildren and safety and schoo i think that's the message we wereing to send. i think what we did today was set forward a motion that will keepl you know, it wilep building momentum until it does make a change. >> woodruff: what about that, camileha because ther been school shootings and protests before, but it hasn't lasted or there have been a little bit of change t noa change, these things keep happening. >> we elected congress to be the representatives of the people, not to be the representatives of big lobby firms and of the n.r.a. it feels like when your legislature and representatives ignore thei epdemic of shootings going on across the u.s., it makes you wonder who they are working for. you know, you want to be u represented. nt your voice to be heard. so... e> woodruff: and, you know, some say, well, se young people feel strongly but they're just high school students. >> right. e> woodruff: how much difference can treally make? >> i think we can make a huge difference. there has been some talk from some representatives that, you know, the h

. >> the attorney for the family that took cruz after his mother died is talking about the schoo lawyeraid he had something to tell them, but he did not elaborate. >>> the white house says this morning that president trump supports improving gun background checks. survivors in florida are calling for anti-gun demonstrations in washington next month. a rally over the weekend demanded stronger gun control. on "face the nation," students criticized senator marco rubio. >> it's not our job to tell you, senator rubio, how to protect us. the fact we have to do this is apaling. our job is to go to school, learn, and not take a bullet. >> senator rubio told our miami station wfor, there is room for of the government to respond to the threat. >> it's not unsolvable, it should be addressed. i never said we should -- the reporting is unfair. i never said we can't do anything, but we have aim to do something that works. i said the proposals out there would not have prevented it, and that's a fact. >> rubio says florida's legislature could pass a law letting families or police ask a judge to take gu