- The shooter who killed three people,

including two childrenand a man in his twenties,

used an assault-typerifle when he opened fire

on a California foodfestival this weekend.

The gunman injured 15 others.

Those dead include a six-year-oldboy and 13-year-old girl.

Officials say the motivefor the mass shooting

at the Gilroy GarlicFestival remains unknown

and police are still investigating

if there is a second suspect.

Today, President Trump spokeout against the violence.

- We express our deepestsadness and sorrow

for the families wholost a precious loved one

in the horrific shooting lastnight in Gilroy, California.

While families were spending time together

at a local festival, awicked murderer opened fire

and killed three innocentcitizens, including a young child.

We grieve for theirfamilies and we ask that God

will comfort them with Hisoverflowing mercy and grace.

- And joining us by Skypenow is Christian Heyne,

vice president of the Brady Campaign

to Prevent Gun Violence.

Christian, good to seeyou, thanks for joining us.

- Thank you for having me.

- Another mass shooting,

what does your groupadvocate is the fix here?

- Well look, the Gilroy shooting

is indicative of a really broad problem

and frankly a uniquely American problem

that we have with gunviolence in this country.

I think what we are dealingwith is a really complex issue

that has a comprehensive solution.

So I don't want to get into details

in what we can do toprevent any one shooting.

What I wanna do is savethe most lives we can

and the fact is is 36,000people are dying every year

because of access to weapons

and there's so many common sense,

common ground solutionswe can be working towards

that will save lives every single day

and that includes background checks,

that includes things likeextreme risk protection orders,

and it certainly includes things

like high capacity magazinebans and assault weapons bans.

- Christian, the SanFrancisco-based Giffords Law Center

gave California an A gradein its annual scorecard,

citing California's gun law asthe strongest in the country.

After Gilroy though, criticswould say that it's a sign

that not even thestrongest laws on the books

are foolproof when it comesto preventing gun violence.

- Yeah, you make a fantastic point

and as we heard law enforcement

say today at the press conference,

the gunman didn't buy hisfirearms in California.

His firearms were purchased in Nevada.

The reality of the situation

is we know that California isn't an island

and if we really want to address

this national epidemic that we have,

this national crisis that we have,

we need some federal standards,

some federal laws thatwill make it more difficult

for dangerous people to getaccess to deadly weapons

and we know what those solutions are

and I think that thisshooting, as horrific as it is,

is one of many that happened this weekend

that showed the dire need that we have

to have stronger laws.

- So your group's goalis to reduce gun violence

by 25% by the year 2025.

Christian, how realistic is that goal

and is it truly bipartisan?

- I certainly think that it is.

If you look at the statesthat have stronger laws,

laws that we know that work,

things like extreme risk laws,

things like background checks,universal background checks,

and the common sense policies

that Americans justoverwhelmingly support,

you know, they areconsistently polled 80, 90%

and even have broadsupport from gun owners,

from NRA members, and franklyfrom a number of NRA members

who don't feel like the NRA themselves

and the NRA leadership are voicing

what it is that they do want.

I don't think there's very many people,

if anybody in this country,

that is advocating insupport of gun violence

and I think we know what thecommon sense solutions are

to tackle this big problem.

- All right, ChristianHeyne we thank you so much.

It's great to have you today.

- Thank you very much.