BRIAN HAMRICK LIVE TONIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME JOSEPH COUCH HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF THREATENING PEOPLE WITH A GUN. HE FACED A PREVIOUS MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF TERRORISTIC THREATENING IN THE THIRD DEGREE IN KNOX COUNTY, SO THE CASE WAS LATER DISMISSED. AND THOSE FIGHTING FOR A BIPARTISAN GUN CONTROL BILL BELIEVE THAT SATURDAY'S SHOOOOTG COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN PREVENTED. THE WARRANT FROM KNOX COUNTY SAYS A MAN ACCUSED JOSEPH COUCH OF THREATENING TO KILL HIM WITH AN AR RIFLE AFTER HE CONFRONTED COUCH ABOUT THROWING A ROCK AT HIS DOG. COUCH WAS CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREATENING, BUT THE CASE WAS DISMISSED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE VICTIM FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT. HE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR WHY WE NEED CRISIS AVERSION AND RIGHTS RETENTION. WHITNEY AUSTIN SURVIVED THE 2018 MASS SHOOTING AT THE FIFTH THIRD CENTER RIGHT HERE IN CINCINNATI. SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR A BIPARTISAN BILL IN KENTUCKY CALLED THE CRISIS AVERSION AND RIGHTS RETENTION ACT, BETTER KNOWN AS CAR. IT ALLOWS FOR THE TEMPORARY TRANSFER OF FIREARMS AWAY FROM PEOPLE ON THE BRINK OF CRISIS. SHE SAYS IF CAR HAD BEEN ENACTED, LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS INFORMATION OF A THREAT TO A JUDGE FOR A CIVIL ORDER. AND IF THE JUDGE DETERMINES THAT THAT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE, THIS PERSON IS IN IMMINENT RISK, THEN THE ORDER IS ISSUED. THE LAUREL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS COUCH LEGALLY PURCHASED THE AR 15 USED ON SATURDAY, HOURS BEFORE HE OPENED FIRE ON 75. WHITNEY AUSTIN ADDS UNDER A CAR ORDER, A PERSON CAN'T PURCHASE A NEW FIREARM WHEN HE WOULD HAVE SHOWED UP SATURDAY MORNING TO PURCHASE THAT FIREARM, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE NO PURCHASE LIST AND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED. ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT, COUCH SENT A TEXT MESSAGE BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS ALONG 75, SAYING, I'M GOING TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE. WELL, AT LEAST TRY. IN A SEPARATE TEXT COUCH SAYING I'LL KILL MYSELF AFTERWARDS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PERSON, HE WAS CLEARLY GOING THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME, WHETHER IT'S THE REPORTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HIS FAMILY, THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED TIED BACK TO THE CHARGE BY THE WAY, WE SHOULD POINT OUT KENTUCKY DOES BAN PEOPLE WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS FROM HAVING GUNS. WHITNEY AUSTIN SAYS THEY WILL REINTRODUCE CAR