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>> reporter: clark says after the shot was fired, bates gun immediately fell to the ground. he says that is because a taser grip and gun grip are different. >> he, obviously, had a taser grip which caused the gun upon discharge to leave his hands and fall to the pavement. >> i want to bring in former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. good morning to you, tom. >> good morning. >> good morning. in the piece, investigators say the mistake by the deputy going for his gun as opposed to the taser is...

Than 2,000 guns. people are showing up to airports with weapons. tsas role is to screen passengers and look for items that could bring down a plane like explosives. opponents say adding law enforcement duties would be a distraction. >> thanks very much. lets get analysis from tom fuentes, a former assistant director of the fbi. would it be smart to arm some of those tsa agents at the security checkpoints? >> i dont think so. i think the answer here is more police and have them closer by. i hea...

Handgun. secondly the crowd, when you fire a rifle, a rifle bullet is super sonic. in other words it breaks the sound barrier and leaves a loud crack sound that everybody would have clearly heard very loudly. also the bullet speed of a handgun might be around 700 feet per second. fired out of a rifle, over 2,000 feet per second and much larger. and a bullet wound like that striking someone at the high point of their right cheek would almost certainly be a fatal wound. >> whoever did this shootin...

Werent protecting the rest came out to offer assistance to the other police officers. everyone who is here is saying especially if they had knowledge about shooting a weapon that in order to get off a shot that far, wolf all the way up that hill 125 yards away, it would have to be someone who knows their way around a gun, a handgun, a shotgun, what have you. as you hear the police chief of st. louis county say, he believes it was a handgun. they found casings from bullets here in front of the po...

Youve got to be an excellent marksman to even think about doing that, right? >> thats true. as a former firearm instructor and s.w.a.t. team member that is an amazing shot if thats what they were aiming at. we have four shots fired hitting two officers standing next to each other. it looks like that thats the intention was to shoot those officers or just the police line in general. thats incredible marksmanship. >> some people have been saying its almost impossible for one individual with a hand...

Shooting range. >> reporter: shes a paid firearm instructor through a security firm and trains a local police swat team free of charge. >> i just feel that weapons should be treated with respect and used properly then it would actually make a lot more peace in our world because the bad people are criminals now, they cant get away with taking advantage of people. this type of training, i see it as a service definitely to use what i did in the navy seals and what ive done my whole life. >> okay so...

Firearm instructor through a security firm and trains a local police swat team free of charge. >> i just feel that weapons should be treated with respect and used properly then it would actually make a lot more peace in our world because the bad people are criminals now, they cant get away with taking advantage of people. this type of training, i see it as a service definitely to use what i did in the navy seals and what ive done my whole life. >> okay soft you got all -- >> im ready. >> cool. l...

Good shoe collection. if i have to compare if i like my guns or my shoes better, i would have to say i like my shoes better now. when you have a really pretty dress on, item powers you and gives you that confidence, so my body armor i wear now is a very pretty dress and some of my heels. so its kind of -- kind of funny how that changes. >> reporter: the changes shes embraced have her focus more on wardrobe than warfare these days. >> thats the beauty about this weapon, its so simple. not a whole...

Trifle? last weekend police and state child welfare workers showed up at the home of a new jersey man as he posted a facebook photo of his 11-year-old kid packing some serious heat. the cops say they received an anonymous tip that the youngster had access to weapons and ammo and took it seriously. quote, in light of the recent school shootings. the dad is a firearm instructor and says the 22 caliber rifle was made to look like an assault rifle and was a birthday gift for his boy. my dad never di...

And its so frustrating because we want to be able to work with the police, law-abiding citizens and the police to work together to make a safer city. nelson, the police chief is a firearm instructor and he wants to work with the citizens of his city to make responsible gun owners. we cant have a cop on every corner but we can have a responsible gun owner in every house. so i support the effort, but i dont think this bills quite what we need. >> all right. i mean, of course, some people may say, ...