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Professor, david coppell, research director of independence institute and author of the book, the truth about gun control. david coppell, good to have you with us. new calls for gun control in the wake of las vegas. i want to take these arguments, based on what we know one by one. start with automatic weapons, if stephen paddock had automatic weapons that was illegal under the law, correct? >> yes. 1986 federal law said no new automatics can be sold to anyone in the public. ever since 1934 even ...

That can be manufactured from now going forward. the 1986 gun law limited the manufacture of automatic weapons. we saw the australian law. >> tucker:. [overlapping talking]. what is funny. >> [overlapping talking] >> tucker: you are wrong. >> its hard to make reasonable arguments when you keep interrupting me. >> tucker: its false. >> i am giving you answers. lets focus on the second solution, to put a serious federal standard around the tracking of every transfer of high volume machine gun styl...

Anyone to say because the words in that amendment were written at a much different era. they did not anticipate the circumstance were talking about now. that amendment is not about what were seeing, dozens and dozens of firearms that can be made into automatic weapons in someones hotel room. that amendment was about a hedge against government tyranny. thats not what were -- >> the possibility of drones being able to fire, that sort of -- you know -- >> so its a really easy out to say but the sec...

Iran with the deadline coming up. that being saitd i want to get whats going on -- you are one of three house republicans that you have sent a letter to the bureau of alcohol, to tobacco and firearms to look at the bump stocks that convert semi automatic weapons to nearly machine gun status. you want to look into this further, why? >> im a huge second amendment advocate and ima gun owner. what my fear is three days ago nobody knew what it was. when i shot it before i was surprised to find out it...

David gergen. good evening, all. lets have this conversation thats been so difficult for lawmakers to have, at least it appears to be. bob, 12 of the guns modified with this device called a bump stock, essentially turning them into automatic weapons and tonight the president, top republicans, even the nra appear to be embracing the idea of banning these devices. but do you think thats a way for them to avoid the meaningful debate on guns that they have successfully done in recent history? >> wel...

Into automatic weapons and tonight the president, top republicans, even the nra appear to be embracing the idea of banning these devices. but do you think thats a way for them to avoid the meaningful debate on guns that they have successfully done in recent history? >> well, i think its the nra seeing the writing on the wall that this is going to happen and i think its remarkable. even though, don, this is very narrow, theyre not going to get background checks any time soon but the fact that the...

Since 1986, automatic weapons are illegal in this country. yet these devices allow them to turn legal weapons into illegal weapons that can be used for massacres like the one we saw this past e gun policy. >> the nra says how did the atf do it? this was their reckoning during the obama administration. it is a guideline. let them do itment dont make it a law. what do you think of that? >> well, the problem is that the atf ruled that under the law as passed, these devices are legal. they were doin...

It, couldnt come soon enough. >> dana: jessica, i want your take on the bump stock issue. i know you feel strongly about. lets listen to the con gregman carlo cabello. >> this a blatant sir couple vengs of existing law -- sir couple vengs of existing law. it would no way inhibit americans second amendment rights, it just reemif atizes -- reemphasizes something that is existing law that automatic weapons could not be used. >> dana: do you think that democrats could find agreement with republicans...

Democrats, some republicans and a signal today from the nra on this? heres abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: from the nations most powerful gun lobby, today, a call for change in the wake of the nations deadliest mass shooting. found on a dozen of the las vegas shooters weapons, those bump stock attachments that allow a rifle to fire like a machine gun. the nra now says, "devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should ...

Congress. 12 of the weapons stephen paddock used in his massacre had bump stocks, that allow semi-automatic to behave like automatic weapons. lets bring in jackie rosen and dav david, among co-sponsors of legislation that would ban bump stocks. congresswoman, your district includes las vegas. its been five days since the shooting. what are you hearing and seeing from residents about the impact of that night and what do they want to see done? >> well, i can tell you that i have seen the most ho...