TECH, TUCSON AND NOW.
THROUGH A SPOKESMAN PRESIDENT
OBAMA CALLED GUN SI VIOLENCE A
COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT HAS A
COMPLEX SOLUTION.
Debby: IF THEY DO INCLUDE GUN
BANS, THERE WILL BE RESISTENCE.
Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IS
PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THIS YET.
SOME SAY THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE
ON NEWTOWN, AND WE GOT THE SAME
MESSAGE FROM SUSAN BROOKS.
WE TALKED UNDER THE FLAGS IN A
FLY AT HALF-STAFF AT SHELBY TOWN
SQUARE BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
MESSER SPOKE TO US BEFORE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SPOKE, AND THE
WHITE HOUSE CALLED FOR THE
SUPPORT OF A WEAPONS BANS THAT
CONSPIRED IN 2004.
I KNOW SOME HAVE CALLED TO
USE THIS AS A WAY TO CALL FOR
GUN BANS.
I DON'T SUPPORT GUN BANS.
I THINK IT'S THE WRONG APPROACH.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO.
WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AT MENTAL
HEALTH.
Reporter: MESSER ALSO
BELIEVES THERE IS A NEED TO LOOK
AT SCHOOL SECURITY AND HE SAID
THERE SHOULD BE A BAN ON VIOLENT
VIDEO GAMES.
YOU MIGHT RECALL FORMER MAYOR
PETERSON TRIED TO CRACKDOWN ON
VIDEO GAMES, AND CALIFORNIA
PASSED A BAN THAT WAS LATER
STRUCK DOWN BY THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
Eric: SO MESSER OPPOSES A BAN
ON GUNS, BUT SUPPORTS A BAN ON
VIDEO GAMES.
HOW DO THOSE GO TOGETHER?
Reporter: WELL, HE SAID THE
SECOND AMENDMENT IS AN IMPORTANT
RIGHT.
IF YOU BAN GUNS YOU'RE LIKELY TO
TAKE GUNS AWAY FROM LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENT
VIDEO GAMES THERE, IS NO
POSITIVE PURPOSE.
