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Government's focused on, number one, the firearm. he was what we call a straw purchaser. he purchased the weapons not for the intent of having them himself but the intent of ultimately transferring them over. looking at the form right here, it says you have to indicate on that form, are you the buyer? it says, if you misrepresent that, you face up to ten years. so that's a misrepresentation. now, obviously, what the debriefing of him, they'll get other information. you mentioned, started out with the material support. could it lead to that? of course. in the event that -- >> he knew. and if he...

Investigators that he purchased these weapons because he felt that if farook did it would draw attention or he couldn't pass the background check, he's a straw purchaser but i would be surprised if that were the sole issues he has to contend with legally. it sounds like there's a lot more risk in terms of his exposure. >> congressman, explain this. it does sound from investigators as though this guy could be a gold mine. he told them about the pipe bombs and how they did it and what they were capable of and he supplied the weapons. what happens then? does he get charged and does he go to priso...

I don't think she's a flight risk right now because she's under the microscope. so leaving her out there while this investigation continues is to the fbi's advantage until they need to arrest her. >> and there's also the neighbor who apparently bought the ar-15s. he bought them some years ago apparently without any knowledge that they might be used for. what kind of questions would you want to ask the neighbor? >> i'm not sure that we know that he didn't have knowledge. i'm looking at him really as a straw purchaser, which either make him an aider and abettor or make him making a false stateme...

Potential that he was a straw gun purchaser, that he purchased the gun for the sole purpose of just turns it over to farook and his wife. and so there is a supreme court case out that ruled last year that if that is in fact the case, if he filled out a federal firearms form on behalf of himself but intending to give the guns to someone else and taking money there someone else, then he becomes a straw purchaser and there is also the potential that he was just simply an aider and abetter. i'm sure the bureau is looking at him very carefully. >> what are your thoughts on the killer's parents? >> ...

Saying he'd actually been doing well at the casino. i can't imagine being married to someone like miller. i don't know what to think about her, but she's, i think, cooperating with the authorities. >> the fact that he got these guns through some straw purchaser, what does that say? >> well, i mean, we all know that gun controls, gun measures in our country are extraordinarily loose, but, you know, there are plenty of legal ways to acquire, you know, dangerous weapons in our country. that's a longer debate. wolf, if i can just add, we've seen this tremendous increase in the number of hate group...