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College campus, at a home and gunshots also fired on a bus. were standing by for two news conferences, all this happening while president obama himself was in santa monica for a political fund-raiser, just a ten-minute drive away. cnns miguel marquez is joining us live from santa monica right now. for viewers who are just tuning in, miguel, update them on what we know. i want to reiterate, were standing by for a briefing from local police authorities on new information coming in. but update our ...

Doing this? >> reporter: it appears he may have been farther off than authorities are saying. in this he did not seem to possess any handguns or rifles, he did want a high point on the wish list and moss berg pump action shotgun. the high point is what we come to use as assault type weapon, 9 millimeter based weapon. he wanted those. he wanted to build many more bombs before he carried out this attack. seems he was a little ways off. back to you. >> thanks very much. when we come back, online ...

This particular incident, i think, is a culmination of a variety of these massacre type incidents that weve seen over the last few years, and theyre increasingly happening. the issues of high capacity weapons, these magazines, assault weapons being used, body armor available out in the open marketplace. these are items that civilians basically should never really have. theres no reason for a civilian to have an assault type weapon. you know, other people will talk about, well, it was converted f...

Horrific crime was identified as the bushmaster ar 15 assault type weapon it had high capacity magazines and in addition the subject had a glock 10 millimeter all weapons had multiple magazines and additional ammunition. >> after killing the heroic principal and four others all women who tried to top them or shield the children in their care. when the tiny in the classroom lanza used the assault weapon to kill every child within range of his rage. >> the bushmaster was used as it was explained y...

Gun in america and carries 30 round clips. went through several of those. had several more clips unused a couple with of handguns and unspent bullets as police were closing in. here is what we heard from lieutenant paul vance yesterday. >> the weapon utilized most of the time in this horrific crime was identified as bushmaster. ar-15 assault type weapon. it had high capacity magazines. in addition to that the subject had in his possession a glock 10 millimeter, a sigg sauer 9mm, all weapons had ...

Yesterday that we need significant action, we need it now. that we need to put the politics aside. that all of us, as elected officials, local, state, and federal, all have a responsibility to the people of america to take action. weve been through this, as again the president mentioned, a number of different times. i deal with it on a daily basis. and my fellow mayors, mayors like mayor bloomberg and mayor emanuel in chicago or mayor blake in baltimore, kasim reed in atlanta. all of us deal wit...

He did to his wife. how do you explain the fact that he was still able after all of that to go out and apparently legally purchase an assault-type weapon and other guns? >> well, ill tell you, wolf, i mean, first and foremost, it breaks my heart every time we have to sit here like this and talk about this particular tragic incident and how the shooter came upon getting the gun. what fell through the cracks. what kind of loopholes or work arounds exist in current federal law. keep in mind that th...

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The four years that followed, he went ahead and -- each year he bought a weapon. he bought a gun. including an assault-type weapon, eventually killing all of these people at this small church in texas. and he apparently didnt have any problems. there were no records of his conviction in the u.s. air force. thats a problem, isnt it? >> yeah, thats very troubling. and that to me is the most troubling part about what happened with the air force, is that without a doubt what he was convicted of, bot...

Horrific crime was identified as the bushmaster ar 15 assault type weapon it had high capacity magazines and in addition the subject had a glock 10 millimeter all weapons had multiple magazines and additional ammunition. >> after killing the heroic principal and four others all women who tried to top them or shield the children in their care. when the tiny victims in the classroom lanza used the assault weapon to kill every child within range of his rage. >> the bushmaster was used as it was exp...