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12 of these guns were modified. to be an automatic weapon. there are also questions being raised about this photo. it shows the legs of the shooter and a piece of paper on the side table. theres some speculation that it could be a notebook, police are saying it is not a suicide note but they did not comment any further tonight. also the suspects girlfriend, marilou danley is back in the united states and has now been interviewed by the fbi. danley flew back to the united states from the philippi...

The fire was coming out, their impression was this must have been an automatic weapon. well something thats been banned since 1986, those grandfathered in are cost prohibitive, republicans are saying look, if theres something that can mimic that rate of fire, a lot of republicans clearly werent aware of, this bump stock modification, then something should be done about it. now its important to note, you mentioned the nra, organization that is very weary of any type of regulation today releasing ...

Getting all that in the munition, by the admonition, explosives, knocking out the two windows. surveilling this place, the sheriff is is stunned but he has no evidence to back up there is any accomplice or help. as far as them going into the gun store, brian, there was some conversation about whether or not they were buying these -- what are the gun things? pump stocks. they go on to the things that mimic an automatic weapon. apparently he did not buy them at this point. hes bought them before i...

Among many republican lawmakers. >> i think we are quickly coming up to speed with what this is. fully automatic weapons have been banned for a long time that allows you to take a semi automatic and turn it into a fully automatic. we need to look into it. >> i would be willing to entertain a semi automatic open on into an automatic weapon. one pull of the trigger equals unlimited rounds until your ammunition expired or barrel overheats. >> anyone who heard the audio or saw what that sounded like...

I have been visiting with them for three days, and at least if you have told me that one of the thoughts was they wanted to get their vehicles and get their own guns to protect themselves and loved ones. >> trace: what about using these bum stocks? 12 of them inside the room? it turns a semiautomatic into close to an automatic weapon. what about newt gingrichs income is something like this needs to be looked at? >> i think we will look at those type of things. i think they are reasonable precaut...

Its silence since the las vegas shooting, weighing in on the controversial device called the bump stock device, like the one in this image here. its an attachment on the back of the gun, en r enables a semi-automatic weapon to fire almost as rapidly as an automatic weapon. the nra is calling for a review whether or not they are lawful and say bump stocks should, quote, be subject to additional regulations. furthermore, a florida republican is introducing a bill that would ban the sale of bump st...

What they say. and believe it not just in politics, but in practice. so very disappointing, but he did the right thing by stepping down. and leaving now. so that republicans can sort of move on from this. >> mike, lets turn on to some of the bigger news. obviously right now we have on capitol hill, the nra and some republicans trying to get ahead of this issue when it comes to this device that can change a semiautomatic weapon into a essentially an automatic weapon. how do you see this playing o...

Weapons. thats where we can get to the heart of the bigger problem, the larger numbers. this is important. preventing people from having an automatic weapon is important. i think this is one of the reasons, the fact that we have americans buying -- you know, building arsenals is one of the reasons why our police has turned into, like, a military force in itself. do we really want to live in a country like this? >> its an arms race. >> it is. its an arms race. >> were going to go to a news confer...

I reverse my course. the nra has been very much in the past, even in the wake of these mass casualty events using guns have been resistant to anything, any changes. but again, as i said, remember, this is not the assault weapons ban. this is not even closing what some people call loopholes, what some people dont, but the ability of some people in private sales to not have background checks. this is to say, hey, maybe we shouldnt have something that you can legally purchase that allows a gun to b...

By an automatic weapon. this also questions being raised -- the legs of the shooter and a piece of paper on a side table. theres some speculation that it could be a notebook people are saying it is not a suicide note but they did not comment any further tonight. also the suspects girlfriend, marilou danley is back in the united states and has now been interviewed by the fbi. danley flew back to the united states from the philippines last night into night, her attorney -- heres a statement on beh...