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History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to f...

Police have given more details on the last half hour of the deadliest shooting in american history. We have learned more about how Stephen Paddock carried out americas worst mass shooting of modern times. Las vegas police say the gunman set up cameras in and outside his hotel room, brought more than 20 guns to the scene, may have modified rifles to increase their capacity to fire quickly, and had stored more weapons at other locations. Automatic gunfire. Go that way. Go that way. They are shooti...

They say Stephen Paddock fired from his hotel room for nine to 11 minutes. Theyve recovered 47 firearms from three separate locations, and theyve confirmed some of his guns had been modified with devices that made them function like automatic weapons. Theyve also released body camera video from officers arriving at the scene. It gives you a sense of what they were walking into as burst after burst was fired from the 32nd floor, down into the Music Festival audience packed below. Automatic gunfir...

Good evening. We now have the webpage up. Information close how to report information if you are a witness. Phone numbers on how to provide evidence. As soon as we have information about how to retrieve lost property, we will post that on the page as well. After this incident, one of the most striking visuals in addition to the carnage was the amount of personal items left behind as people fled from the terror. One of the biggest items left was vehicles of the concert goers. For those waiting to...

But today we want to take it a step further. Let me outline what we will be doing. Number one. Anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecution. It doesnt matter if its over the internet or a gun show. We are checks to cover violent criminals that try to buy some of the most dangerous firearms by hiding behind trusts and corporations and various cut outs. We are also taking steps to make the background check under ...

Classroom. A person should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they go. A day after the president unveiled his plan to beef up gun control in this country advocates for gun rights here in the midlands are trying to sort out the details. Everyone from the attorney general to the average person on the street has shared come some kind of opinion. Surrounded by family in vic adams by Mass Shootings the president wiped away tears after talking about the status day in office. Every time i think a...

Obtain an explosives permit. In 91 of the cases this is not me, this is the gao, 2,043 separate occasions, those known or suspected terrorists were suszful in pass passing a background check. What can be done about this . Well, senator, we do now is if someone on the watch list purchases or attempts to purchase a firearm, an immediate alert is sent to the agents who are the source of the suspicious about that individual, so they can incorporate that information into the investigation. Its a litt...

Its international, but its also big time national. I think youre characterization of it is correct, senator. Its a huge feature of our work. In all of our field offices, we work in 70some task forces to try to address it. We work internationally to try and address it, so its a big feature in our life. We are trying to make sure we send a message that there are huge costs to doing this in the United States. Were focused on the individuals. You allude to the challenge with internet sites. Thats a ...

Screeria nigeria. And hamas did right and wrong during last summers conflict in dpazgaza. Officials talk about combatting terrorism Cyber Attacks and Drug Trafficking. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. They will later testify about their agencies 2016 budget request. This morning, i want to begin by thanking the men and women of the fbi the Marshals Service, the dea and atf who work every day to protect this nation. We are indebted to them and grateful forever their service and sacrifice n parti...

Close what is a gap and prevent a known or suspected terrorists from buying a gun or explosive in this country. In 2009 attorney general holder expressed the Obama Administration support for the legislation. I introduced similar legislation last year. The question comes for the Law Enforcement element of the administration to come forward and be supportive of this because the National Rifle association, even opposes this. This is terrorists. We have people coming into this country meaning to do ...