BROOKS: I want to go back out to Brandon Beardsley, the attorney for Ronald Cummings joining us from Jacksonville, California.
Mr. Beardsley.
BRANDON BEARDSLEY, ATTORNEY FOR RONALD CUMMINGS: Yes, sir.
BROOKS: Does he, in fact, have a weapon in his house?
BEARDSLEY: He does not have an assault rifle. That is just -- that statement is absolutely ludicrous. You know? No. He does not have an assault rifle. Does he have a pistol, I believe he does. I don`t know. I`ve never searched his house. But I know he didn`t have an assault rifle.
BROOKS: Have you talked to him about this?
BEARDSLEY: Yes.
BROOKS: You have?
BEARDSLEY: Yes, sir.
BROOKS: And have you been out to his house and asked him.
BEARDSLEY: I have not been to where Haleigh was taken from. When we started representing him he had already relocated residents.
BROOKS: Do you think that Ronald Cummings is a danger to himself or others, from what we are hearing from Art Harris?
BEARDSLEY: Now from what you are hearing from Art Harris, if it was true, then of course. But I have many, many clients that I am concerned over their emotional and mental state and I always refer them to therapy.
If I believed Ronald Cummings was emotionally or mentally unstable I would have him in therapy. And there is no doubt in mind that he is emotionally and mentally as stable as he can be for the circumstances that he`s in. He`s not a threat to himself or anyone that`s around him.