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To fire tauautomatic fire. it's possible to do that. you can take an ar-15 style weapon and make it fire automatically. and we know from the shooting in las vegas last year that it's possible to use something called a bump stock that makes a weapon fire as though it were automatic, with only one trigger pull. so i think that's going to be one question, did he do something like that, or was he just firing so rapidly that it sounded like automatic fire. >> pete, last question here. i know investigators have searched the apartment belonging to the suspect last night. what do we know of what they ...

From florida's capital. athe athena, there are a lot of deep divisions over guns in the florida legislature. what more are they considering and are they finding common ground? >> hi, ana. well, that's the big question. what can they agree on? there was a lot of disagreement in that rare saturday session you mentioned. lawmakers spent some eight hours debating this school safety bill. the measure would raise the age to purchase a firearm to 21 years old from 18. it would require a three-day waiting period to buy a gun with some exceptions. it would ban the sale or possession of bump fire stocks...

From florida's capital. so, what are these provisions in the bill that are under consideration? >> reporter: hi, fred. well, the bill the senate is planning to vote on tomorrow would do several things. it would raise the age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18 years old. it would require a three-day waiting period for gun purchases, with some exceptions. it would ban the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, that accessory that can make a semiautomatic weapon fire like an automatic weapon. it would give law enforcement more power to seize weapons and ammunition from people deemed mentally un...

Speaking of is really more -- there's a reaction not just for gun control, but to characterize those who disagree as haters and evil, i mean, when you have jimmy kimmel, it means you have lost the argument. >> when you are depending on him you mean to make the case? >> to make the case. these people don't want a rational argument. look at twitter, look at the stuff -- it is all about blood on their hands, we could have a sensible argument, what are practical measures that may not eliminate this but might make it less possible? they don't want that. this is a wedge -- i think frankly it's -- de...

>> i can tell you it's a very sick man. he was a very demented person. >> he's a sick, demented man. >> he was a sick man, a demeanted man. a lot of problems and we're looking into him very, very seriously. we're dealing with a very, very sick individual. >> says the president whose most substantive and first legislative accomplishment is making it easier for the seriously mentally ill to buy guns. now today in the wake of the las vegas shootings, the focus is on this gizmo. a bump stock. it makes a semiautomatic weapon fire as if it's fully automatic. you can buy them online for 100 to $200. ...