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Hostages trapped inside. innocent bystanders caught in the intense crossfire. thousands of rounds exchanged. [ gunfire ] >> so, we looked and we saw all these cops running from the gunfire and we heard more, pop, pop, we heard, like, automatic weapons. >> reporter: the neighborhood turning into a war zone. one officer shot in the shoulder. three hostages were killed in the store and another officer was also killed. he was a father of five. 46 schools in the area were put on lockdown. 30,000 kids...

Fbi officials apparently agree with that. remember what happened when roger stone was arrested earlier this year. dozens of federal agents with automatic weapons, armored vehicles, and a helicopter descended on his home in a middle-class part of fort lauderdale and ross to the 66-year-old and his wife from bed at rifle point. just to make sure the event inflicted maximum humiliation, the feds tipped off cnn, which was there to capture the whole thing live, which they did. thats how our governmen...

The psychological trauma was impossible. >> brit: would you have been able to imagine, sir, before you underwent that long ordeal that you couldve made it through something like that? >> not at all. how could anybody think that they could survive 444 days under the most extreme conditions of total darkness and also attempts to frighten the hell out of you by putting automatic weapons to your head. >> brit: tell me a little bit about the day itself. it was right after the election. ronald reagan ...

Co columbine. >> okay. >> shot in the head. >> shot in the head? >> automatic weapons, okay? >> yes. >> all right. >> send lots and lots of paramedics. >> still attacking in. >> yes, the school is still under attack. >> we have a couple kids in the hall that are shot. trying to get to them. do not let anybody else in until we tell them. >> 911. >> hi, nbc news. >> yes. >> were calling about the school shooting. were live on msnbc. >> can i -- can you -- can i patch you through to the control roo...

Something of a stalemate going on in syria. washington is paying attention to the latter, not the former, why? >> falluja on the rio grande doesnt seem to interest them very much. if you look at this footage and you go back over the last five, ten years in iraq and afghanistan, youll see the same kinds of people in pickup trucks running around with assaulthi weapons. i looked carefully at this footage and i was shocked to see some of the mercenaries looking for the drug cartels carrying automati...

Player. the problem he has with the party is at the last debate, he gave the gop their campaign attack ad by saying, yes, we in fact are coming to confiscate your guns. tonight he went a step further and said, in effect, an ar-15 lawfully purchased in an open-carry state should have the ability to walk up to that person carrying openly and take the weapon right then and there because, after all, what could go wrong. >> well, thats one analysis that is fair. i think the other side is that beto or...

Was seen as channeling the rage and the feeling that we as a country are hunted by automatic weapons. >> no one doubts his sincerity. >> and i think the two sides of the beto coin are part of the reason he is on the stage is because he speaks to the anguish of every mom who sends her baby to school at 3 years old and has to go to an active shooter drill. so a lot of us are willing to sort of not rule out the politicians that speak to that rage and that exasperation with the gun debate. but i thi...

Weapons from semiautomatic to automatic weapons. >> fully automatic rifle is, of course, illegal to possess. >> is it not against the law to buy firearms. its not against the law to buy anything that they sell at a gun show. >> people dont even realize they have turned from a commune into an armed camp, and the weapons become very much a part of their life. they have engaged in now paramilitary training. >> i was outraged, and i was able to go out and get enough probable cause to make sure that,...

>> they clearly do have the right to protect themselves. >> sean: they should have a right to have a gun, thank you. >> they do have a right to a gun. it doesnt mean they have a right to every gun. they are not allowed by automatic weapons. its a question of should assault weapons demand. >> im glad that austin agrees with the second amendment is alive and well and we should be able to own firearms not just for security but for whatever reason we want as long as its for illegal activity. im for ...

>> sean: they should have a right to have a gun, thank you. >> they do have a right to a gun. it doesnt mean they have a right to every gun. they are not allowed by automatic weapons. its a question of should assault weapons demand. >> im glad that austin agrees with the second amendment is alive and well and we should be able to own firearms not just for security but for whatever reason we want as long as its for illegal activity. im for it. >> sean: coming up, the left is talking climate hyste...