OF DEATH.
BARCLAY:
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
PLANS TO VISIT VICTIMS OF
SUNDAY'S CHURCH
SHOOTING IN TEXAS.
PENCE WILL BE TRAVELING TO
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS TODAY.
HE SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FAMILIES
OF
THOSE WERE KILLED AND INJURED.
26 YEAR OLD DEVIN KELLEY IS
ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE AT THE
CHURCH AND KILLING 26 PEOPLE.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD A
HISTORY OF ASSAULT ON HIS WIFE
AND CHILD AND HAD
REPORTEDLY BEEN SENDING
THREATENING TEXT MESSAGES TO HIS
MOTHER-IN-LAW -- A MEMBER OF THE
CHURCH'S CONGREGATION.
BARCLAY:
KELLY'S VIOLENT PAST, FITS
A PATTERN AMONG MASS SHOOTINGS
IN
AMERICA.
THAT MANY OF THE
GUNMEN, BEHIND THOSE DEADLY
ATTACKS
HAVE A HISTORY OF ABUSE AND
VIOLENCE THAT BEGAN AT HOME.
SINCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS
CONVICTED ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS, PEOPLE FACING LESSER
CHARGES COULD STILL HAVE
GUN-OWNING
RIGHTS.
BUT SOME FEEL THAT NEEDS TO
CHANGE, BECAUSE IF A PERSON IS
VIOLENT
TOWARDS THEIR FAMILY, NOTHING IS
STOPPING THEM DOING THE SAME TO
STRANGERS.
SUSAN SELDEN/ EXEC. DIR. OF
CUMBEE CENTER: "I THINK WE HAVE
TO START REALIZING THAT EVEN IF
OUR OWN FAMILY IS NOT AN ABUSIVE
SITUATION THAT IF SOMEONE ELSE'S
FAMILY IS, NOW WE ARE SEEING A
PATTERN THAT IT COULD BE
DANGEROUS TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE
THOSE PEOPLE ARE
SITTING IN OUR PEWS AT CHURCH,
THEY ARE IN OUR CLUBS, THEY ARE
IN OUR
RESTAURANTS."
BARCLAY:
BETWEEN 1994 AND 2014, 180
MILLION BACKGROUND CHECKS WERE
DONE
FOR GUN PURCHASES.
MORE THAN 2 MILLION OF
THOSE PEOPLE WERE FLAGGED,
PREVENTING
THEM FROM BUYING A WEAPON.
STILL, IN THE LAST 7 YEARS
A THIRD OF MASS SHOOTINGS
INVOLVED GUNMEN
WHO WEREN'T ALLOWED TO OWN
WEAPONS.
