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Did he have all of the dwguns s he could continue to switch out his guns. >> i go back to my early earlier question. how could this one single gunman pull off the amount of rounds fired in such a short amount of time? >> these modern weapons, fully in automatic mode or a bump stock or converted to fully automatic or a sub machine gun, they can empty a 30-round magazine in a matter of seconds. it's probably three to four seconds 30 rounds come out. even a semi automatic weapon, you can empty the magazine in a few seconds. these weapons were designed for the military, for war. the original platf...

In las vegas from going up in that hotel room and breaking out the window and shooting be into that crowd? there are two nevada gun stores who say he passed federal background checks. not a lot in his past that would have been red flags to people. how could this have been prevented? is there a law in congressman himes said yes to a ban on semi automatic rifles. >> absolutely. let's be clear. the pace of the epic mass shootings, 10 or more people being killed doubled after the assault weapons ban expired. that's not a kons dense. i think we also have to look at the after market modifications th...

Almost every other civilized country. maybe he still would have taken a pistol and killed dozens below but it would have been difficult without the semi automatic weapon and the modifications legal in this country. i think we have to talk about change immediately. and the fact of the matter is while everybody is focussed on las vegas, mass shootings represent 1% of the gun casualties in this country. every single day people are being killed by guns. and we need to talk about what's happening in baltimore and chicago and hartford on a daily basis. we can't just bring this up when there's an eno...

Or illegally or modify a semi automatic weapon legally or illegally? >> thank you for that report? >> a lot of questions there. we spoke to a group of survivors inside the mandalay bay including one man who was on the same floor as the shooter as well as a retired firefighter who was among the crowd when shots rang out. >> it was scary. we were enjoying music. we heard what we thought were fire croackers. it was gunshots. i grabbed my sister's hand and said we need to get out of her. >> reporter: did you see anybody on the ground? >> we saw a couple of people. one woman was having chest compre...

No one could pull a trigger that quickly in order for it to be semi automatic. so definitely was fully automatic. >> and it's tougher, is it not, chief, to purchase an automatic weapon than it is a semi automatic weapon. in fact, one theory right now is perhaps he purchased semi automatic weapons and converted them to automatic. >> well, that's a possibility. but that's what the fbi and atf will be looking into. they'll trace those weapons, find out exactly where he bought them, what kind of condition they were in at the time of purchase, whether they were illegally converted. all of this will...