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Us again, the use you have guns by someone who knows how to use a semi-automatic, has access to the ammunition and has a motive. >> right. well, chris, our city here is a very small city. were a very tight knit community, very family oriented community. so this was quite a shock to all of us that this happened here today. but i think as were seeing in the country, this is something these days that can happen anywhere. >> right. what do you think the reaction is to this now? because here he is. s...

The trigger down and it fires automatically, although you can buy accessories for assault weapons that make them fire that way. semi-automatic rifles fire instead where you get one bullet for every time you pull the trigger a trigger, and that can be an incredibly, incredibly efficient way of unleashing a large amount of firepower in a short amount of time. we dont have a lot of detail in terms of the timeline here from law enforcement about exactly how the event unfolded. were told people were ...

Me. >> i thank you, jesus. i was very worried. >> some of the incredible stories that we saw unfolding over the course of the day today at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. i will say it is unusual in this case that -- and its remarkable that i can tell you what is usual in this case, but the shooter in this case survived and has been taken into custody. were told by law enforcement that hes 19 years old. he had previously attended this school. but we believe he had been...

Groups using the facilities. so the idea that we can lock it down or put magnetometers, that isnt going to change. as long as we have mentally ill people running around with automatic or semi-automatic weapons. >> we still dont know how the suspect in this horrific instance got the fire sxarm well be reporting on that. i want to bring in cedric alexander. as you watch these images come in, what is going through your mind about what theyre dealing with there as a law enforcement matter? >> well, ...

The american version of the ar-15, m-16, would use the 223 frequently. it is just a high velocity round, a rifle round. it comes out of the barrel 3,000 feet per second. that is why it causes such devastating wounds and kills many because it is a high velocity weapon. and of course the magazines can be routinely 30 rounds. they could be more. they can be taped upside down, flipped easily to be 60. there could be 100. so a lot of firepower if it is a semi automatic. but it can be a magazine withb...

They let some of the kids run out to the perimeter to their parents. >> reporter: yeah, i can tell you were about a block away from the school. and we did see a couple of officers slowly walk out students with their arms around them, very gently, tenderly walk those students up to their parents. very gemotional reunion as you can imagine. weve seen dozens and dozens of parents show up hoping to be reunited with their children, which for the most part was not happening because the kids were obvio...

Reporter: tonight, a quick-thinking teen is being hailed as a hero for preventing a possible shooting at this school near pittsburgh. >> had they not reported this, there couldve been a major catastrophe today at uniontown high school. >> reporter: the teen, overhearing a 14-year-old classmate on the bus, allegedly talking about plans to shoot four students today at uniontown high school in pennsylvania, recording the conversation and contacting police. >> that student overheard it and took appr...

Tell. >> was it a semi automatic or an automatic? >> i dont have that information yet. that scene is locked down waiting f waiting for search warrants and other issues that we have to go through and once we have that, we will have that information. i will share it. i just dont have that right now. >> neighbors are allowed except for the immediate location. we are working with folks that live there to try to get them back into their apartments that are adjacent. >> trying to understand the last f...

Amendment, that might be reasonable although i fear with 3-d printing somebody with technical skill is going to make an effective bump stock anyway but to make it more difficult im fine with. semi automatic, they get a bad rap and because guns look scary or look like they are military grade they are not. semi automatic just means every pool a bullet comes out which is true of a lot of hunting rifles that dont look scary to most people. should semi automatic the legal? they should and didnt texas...

Force made a major blunder acknowledged they did not notify the fbi after he served a year in prison for abusing his ex-wife. >> thats correct. >> and basically hitting this little child repeatedly causing some serious injury to that child. they didnt make a deliberate notification to the fbi. he then went ahead and able to purchase the guns. they said the shooter was a semi automatic. how does that affect the debate over gun control? >> well, i think we need to have an intelligent plan going fo...