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Family members want to be protective of another family member. >> one other thing we want to turn to, the altitude, that position, that cone of death he created all speaks to a level of sophistication that we dont see how he got it. also if it wasnt an automatic you can explain to us the lethality rate, to go through multiple people as opposed to semi automatic. those are all relevant considerations for investigators here. >> chris, i havent heard that type of fire other than on a range or overs...

In a large suite. finding another 19 weapons at a home in nearby mesquite. >> additional firearms, some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo, along with some electronic devices we are evaluating at this point. >> investigators believe the guns were purchased legally. according to law enforcement, an initial report suggests at least one rifle was altered to function as an automatic weapon. a gun shop owner in utah is certain he sold a shotgun to paddock earlier this year. >> he didnt se...

To be a single pull on the trigger. it was baba ba, thats an automatic weapon. and they can be fairly in expensively converted. many gun smiths that can do that very easily. >> he would need to practice? >> when you look at the crowd size down there and he has a scope that we saw on the tripod, that would be very easy. you wouldnt need to be a navy seal to be that accurate to shoot into thousands of people shoulder to shoulder. so, yes, training to fire it, and if a gun smith or someone helped h...

Was in office held a news conference. and set the nation is counting on new gun laws. she was joined by her husband mark kelly and he went after the president and the nra. >> we need more than our presidents prayers. we need his plans. does anybody actually believe that our gun laws are too strong? give me a break. >> brian: there was one democrat who put politics aside to date, sort of. al green was planning to go ahead with trying to start impeachment proceedings with president trump. because ...

Pulls the trigger the next time after you start it. so it allows it to fire extremely rapidly. like an automatic weapon. and were told my law enforcement authorities that stephen paddock bought two of these bump stocks and we believe he had them attached to one of these weapons. now, whether he used them each time, simply its detached from one and put onto another. whether he used them each time or whether he had additional modifications on other weapons that would allow them to be fired like an...

Can they make these guns so they cant doctor them? >> no. they cant. any person familiar with a gun would know how to change it at the time he bought it was legal. at the time he used it was criminal. brian: the question is did he have a license that would allow him to use an automatic weapon. because you can get a license in america to allow you to use an automatic weapon. >> its a very difficult license to get. can you only get it from the bureau of tobacco alcohol and firearms because these a...

Man of means, a millionaire could have afforded a machine gun and no felony convict slps. he could have registered for one in nevada. police havent said whether there was a fully automated weapon. our sources have said he did pie whats called a bump -- buy whats called a bump stock, a modification that allows a semiautomatic legal assault rifle to fire like an automatic weapon. uses the energy of the gun to rapidly depress the trigger. that may have explained the rapid success of fire we saw. th...

Rifles strewn across the floor, camera set up to capture the carnage inside the room and outside as well. to see when law enforcement was on the way. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more on the man who worked for some time to set up this horrific scene. >> ive been getting phone calls from my contacts throughout the evening. we spoke today with two contacts review the inventory and recovered the weapons, ranging in price from 1500-$3,000 apiece and with the tripo...

Focus, something that might be possible? >> i think it is possible. i think if you talk to most americans they should be shocked to know that fully automatic weapons are legal in many parts of the country if you get the right permits and the aftermarket modifications, packages that you can buy to turn a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon are legal, as well. so i think that you have to walk before you can run. when youre talking about changing federal gun policy and making clearer the ...

One of his weapons, what do you know about that? >> our contacts are saying that law enforcement has at least two receipts for something called a side fire, this is a modification that allows you to take a semiautomatic weapon so that it can mimic an automatic weapon. i have had different assessments as to how easy it is to make the modification that you can actually do it yourself, but the focus of the weapon -- >> james: precision. >> exactly, if you are spraying indiscriminately, that would n...