Same laws we have on the books which are quite lax. And the reality of purchasers these day is the market has expanded. In the past the people who bought guns were largely older tended to be white and male. Now younger people women as well in increasing numbers and they are using those guns for recreation and target shooting and because a lot of them believe they require those firearms for their protection. Ben thank you very much for being with us. Standing by as we continue to await word from the west coast concerning any breaking news, any develop on the shooting that took place on the west coast. Mike viqueira you are ground zero on the debate. Is there now a concern in washington, d. C. That there is such a proliferation of guns that no matter what is done on capitol hill there would just be a black market where they could buy them off of the black market if they could get them. Reporter that has always been the argument of those opposed to gun control. That has been an argument f
Politicians take familiar positions after the massacre. A day after the massacre in california, we are learning about the people involved. The killers, a young couple with a 6monthold daughter, the victims 14 dead, more than 20 wounded. And the officers who arrived at the scene. Tonight San Bernardino is holding a memorial in the Minor League Baseball stadium. Al jazeeras jennifer london is in San Bernardino with the latest. A lot of discussion today about what the motive was. Thats right. Not a lot of answers. The facebook saying its too early to speculate on the motive, stopping short of saying it was an act of terrorism. They say they will collect the evidence, follow it and wait to draw conclusions. There are details emerging from the investigation showing that the young married couple was on a mission, and police say they may have wanted to carry out more attacks. [ sirens ] reporter investigators are focussing on the crime scene at the Inland Regional Center and the home in redla
And president of ecuador is accused of a power grab. And as one of the fifa president ial candidates defends the footballs governing body over the latest round of arrests. Plus kicked out of the cup, real madrid fielding an ineligible player. In is now a federal terrorism investigation led by the fbi. The reason for that is that the investigation so far has developed indications of radical indication by the killers, and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. And we are spending a tremendous amount of time, as you might imagine, over the last 48 hours trying to understand the motives of these killers and trying to understand every detail of their lives. Lets go live now to Gabriel Elizondo in San Bernardino. Just listening to what they had to say earlier, the fbi make as distinction between possible radical indication of the suspects hinds the shooting, and potentially being members of any particular group or organization taking direct orders from any particular ce
A prayer vigil as thousands remember the 14 People Killed in the mass shooting in and San Bernardino and willis come to our world im del walters. And im stephanie sy and looking for a motive for the shooting and these are images from the suspects home with arsenal and more than 1600 bullets, a dozen pipe bombs and tools for making more pipe bombs and we are live in San Bernardino and the details that have come out including they built this arsenal caring for a sixmonthold baby are simply perplexing. Yes, stephanie, perplexing and 24 hours ago talking about the situation of two narratives that do not seem to fit and 24 hours later, friday morning, as we get more investigation of the incident and actual attack and also about the couple is still two competing narratives with federal investigations unwilling to call it terrorism but doesnt quite add it to Workplace Violence either. The crime at the Regional Center and on the home in red lands california rented by syed farook and Hussam Ayl
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Authorities are trying to connect the dots in San Bernardino california as they try to figure out why a young couple went on a shooting rampage. Police found an arsenal in the home of Tashfeen Malik and sayed farook, the same home they shared with their sixmonthold baby. Officials arent sharp why they opened fire killing 14 people. We are live in San Bernardino, california following the latest details. The details are simply perplexing. Absolutely. You have two competing narratives and it doesnt quite fit. Even the president has said that there could be the possibly of mixed motives. Federal investigators arent quite willing to call this terrorism. Theyve shed from the term. When you look at what happened, it doesnt quite add up to workplace violence, either. Investigators are focusing on the crime scene at the in land Regional Center and on the home in red lands california rented by suspects Tashfeen Malik and sayed