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1986 but it's possible to buy a pre-1986 grandfathered machine gun legally if you register with the federal government and possible to modify a semiautomatic weapon so it fires in automatic fashion. authorities have not said what happened. did he buy a machine gun legally or illegally or did he modify a semiautomatic weapon legally or illegally. back to you. looking in that conversation about weapons. law enforcement has been putting heavy focus on the weapons used. how did the shooter get his hands on what were essentially military grade machine continues. tom costello has more on this. >> ...

I thought itself going to die. i called my mom and my husband and let them know i loved them and i didn't know if i was going to make it home. >> we're also lerj new details about the arsenal the gunman used to carry out his rampage. he may have been using semiautomatic weapons that were converted to fully automatic firing mode. semiautomatic weapons are legal in most states but the sale of automatic weapons have been illegal for three decades. so how did the shooter get his hands on the military grade machine guns? here is nin's tom costello. >> reporter: veteran cops could tell from the soun...