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Of approaching officers. he was going to war, essentially. he had a firing position that was completely advantageous. the range was such that if he hadn't had these bump fire stocks, it's not clear, experts tell me today, that he would have been able to hit as many people. just firing single shots. but these allowed him to pour fire down on the crowd. and now, today, senator dianne feinstein has proposed banning this technology, and that's going to be a debate in washington going forward. >> absolutely. as you pointed out, the atf says they are legal because as they simulate rapid firing, we t...

Going forward. >> and joining us from las vegas is the congress woman that represents that part of the city. d dena titus and jim heinz. congresswoman, senator mitch mcconnell says now is not the time to discuss legislative solutions but given congress is in the business of writing and passing legislation, that's the function of the congress, do you believe it time for congress to talk about issues, particularly the one that came up in the press conference tonight. the shooter had 12 of these bump fire stocks in his hotel room which allowed him to simulate automatic gunfire. is that something ...

Solutions but given congress is primarily in the business of writing and passing legislation, that is pretty much the function of the congress, do you believe that it is time for congress to start talking about some of these issues, particularly the one that came up in this press conference tonight, the shooter had 12 of these bump fire stocks in his hotel room which allowed him to simulate automatic gunfire. is that something that congress can and should address right now? >> well, absolutely. congressman sister laney from rhode island and i are coming with a bill to do that. i'm glad to hear...

Theory on what you're hearing. so, listen to this. [ automatic gunfire ] >> okay. when experts have analyzed that, sam, they hear 90 shots in 10 seconds. clearly, that's an automatic weapon. correct? >> yes. from the sound on the video clip, i think most folks who are involved in this kind of line of work will be able to tell you that is absolutely fully automatic fire. >> okay. but authorities have not found an automatic weapon. the latest working theory is that he turned his regular rifle into an automatic weapon. and, look, i'm very skittish about haviing this conversation on tv because, ob...

Law. so did he use a cheap kit called a bump stock in this case to get around the law? the rapid bursts of gunfire provided a first clue. >> i've shot semiautomatic weapons before. and this, i could tell, was more highly sophisticated gunfire. >> reporter: what sounded like automatic gunfire. police say stephen paddock filled his room with ammo, tripods, scopes and 23 guns, some semiautomatic includi including .223 and .308 calibers, 19 more in his home. the question was, were the weapons already automatic when paddock purchased them or did he modify them? an easy way around federal laws which...