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Cnn's tom foreman has more. >> i'm going to fire in a few seconds. >> what can 50 pounds of exploding target compound do? just watch. that's how much authorities say they found in the shooter's car and youtube is filled with videos of people setting off other large amounts. exploding targets were developed so marks men could see when they hit them at great distances. the chemicals to make them are sold by companies such as tannerite, combined by the user in relatively small amounts and set off by high velocity bullets. tannerite is often used aa generic term for exploding targets so the compan...

Other large amounts. explode ing targets were made so people could see when they hit them at great distances. says it's not sure if the vegas shooter had actual tanarite products or another brand. but an official says, the only proper use is as a shot indicator. it's not designed to destroy property. still, the easy availability and potential for misuse triggered this bulletin four years ago, the fbi has identified multiple incidents where criminals and extremists have explored the possibility of employing the binary explosive mixture obtained from exploding targets to commit criminal and terr...

Outer layer of cloth and ripped it to pieces. >> reporter: tannerite acknowledges its products can be misused and issued this plea. >> please, please, don't misuse the product. don't blow up anything. if you use tannerite brand targets for anything other than a shot indicator, you very well could be breaking the law. >> reporter: for "outfront," rene marsh, washington. >> is please, please enough? ahead knowingly exposes more than 300 people to hiv should he be convicted of attempted murder? plus an amazing -- discovery, 6,000 feet below the surface of the pacific ocean, and guess what, th...

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