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The maximum effective range is 450 yards. but that's a direct fire. also the bullets will reach out to 3,600 meters. so if you shoot them up in a direct fashion as he was doing plunging fire and it comes down on the crowd, you're shooting in an area, not shooting at one person. >> so that's why they said it was raining bullets. >> raining fire. >> 12 bump fire stops. >> yep. >> explain that. >> so you can mechanically reconfigure a firearm. what's interesting is the atf special agent in charge mentioned in the press kenchs, those bump stops are not illegal. it's not a modification of the weapo...

Sniper. >> so it's most likely the one on the right -- the one on the left couldn't reach that far, could it? >> it could reach the middle of the parking lot because it's about 400 yards from his window to the middle of the parking lot. and he's not trying to pick out individuals with that. he's just spraying into the crowd. >> 9, 11 minutes, 20 volleys. explain that. >> you look at the picture of the suspect splayed out on the floor there, you notice he's wearing gloves. >> right. >> and that's because those barrels, those type of automatic weapons, those things cycle 750 to 90 rounds a minut...

Of these. how do they work? can you explain that, chris? >> well, best i can tell is it uses the recoil itself to simulate a weapon on auto fire. and, you know, it's legal because your finger is on the trigger, and your trigger finger is actually operating the weapon. it's a technical explanation. i heard the atfacc explain it. as far as i'm concerned it's an automatic weapon. >> yeah, and it would appear from all intents and purposes it is. but, chris, i want you to also look at -- go ahead. did you want to talk about that? no. so let's look at some of the body cam video that we had earlier. ...