NEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>> THANK YOU.
IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES THE
SHERIFF IN LAS VEGAS HELD A
NEWS CONFERENCE THAT YOU SAW
LIVE HERE ON OUR WEB SITE AT
4:00 O'CLOCK.
WE LEARN THE SHOOTER
MILLIONAIRE STEVEN PADDOCK
CARRIED OUT WHAT POLICE
DESCRIBE AS EXTENSIVE PLANNING
BEFORE THE ATTACK.
EVEN PLATESING CAMERA IN THE
HALLWAY OUTSIDE HIS 32 FLOOR
HOTEL ROOM CAMERA THAT WERE HID
THEN A FOOD AND BENCH CART.
HE FIRED FOR A FULL 9 MINUTES
ON THE CROWD BELOW.
THE PHILIPPINES.
THAT IS THE HOME COUNTRY OF HAD
THIS WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS LIVE
IN GIRLFRIEND MARY LOU HOWEVER
IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER
MONEY WAS FOR HER, HER FAMILY
OR OTHER PURPOSE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE'S A
PERSON OF INTEREST AND COULD
FILL IN SOME OF THE BLANK WHEN
TOMORROW.
>>> POLICE REMAIN MISS FIGHT
ABOUT PADDOCK MOTIVE.
THEY ALSO HAVE NOT CONFIRMED
THE EXACT TYPES OF GUNS HE USED
IN THE SHOOTING.
>> BUT THE RAPID FIRE SOUND OF
THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE HAS MANY
PEOPLE SPECULATING WORSE.
GOOUN GUN FIR CAME FROM MACHINE
GUN.
THROUGH FEDERAL DATA AND
LEARNED IT IS LEGAL HERE TO OWN
A FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND
FLORIDA.
LINDSAY.
>>Reporter: THESE ARE JUST TWO
OF THE 23 GUNS INVESTIGATORS
FOUND INSIDE OF PADDOCK HOTEL
ROOM.
SOURCES SAY AT LEAST ONE OF
THEM WAS OUTFITD WITH SOMETHING
CULLED A BUMP STOCK A DEVICE
THAT WOULD UNABLE IT TO FIRE
HUNDREDS OF ROUND PER MINUTE
LUCKY A MACHINE GUN.
WE FOUND IT IS LEGAL TO STILL
MAKE NEW MACHINE GUNS IN THE
USA BUT ONLY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
IT IS ALSO LEGAL FOR CITIZENS
TO OWN MACHINE GUNS THEY WERE
MADE BEFORE THE 1986 BAN AND
TODAY THE I-TEAM FOUND FLORIDA
IS THE THIRD HIGHEST STATE IN
THE COUNTRY WITH THE NUMBER OF
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS REGISTERED
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
ARSENAL OF 49 GUNS INSIDE
STEVEN PADDOCK HOTEL ROOM AND
TWO NEARBY HOMES ARE BEING
FULLY EXAMINED BY THE ATF BASED
ON THE HAIL OF BULLET HEARD
RINGING THROUGH THE LAS VEGAS
STRIP.
SPECULATION PADDOCK HAD AT
LEAST ONE FULLY AUTOMATIC
WEAPON OR SEMI-AUTOMATIC THAT
HE MANIPULATED.
SO FAR AGENT HAVE NOT CONFIRMED
ANYTHING.
THE EVEN IF PADDOCK DID OWN A
MACHINE GUN LOCAL GUN ADVOCATE
ATTORNEY ERIC 40 SAYS IT'S
POSSIBLE IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL
UP UNTIL THE MOMENT HE FIRED ON
INNOCENT CONCERT GOERS.
>> THE ATF KNOWS WHO OWNS JUST
ABOUT EVERY FULLY AUTOMATIC GUN
IN THIS COUNTRY.
>>Reporter: MACHINE GUN
MANUFACTURED BEFORE 1986 BAN
TOOK EFFECT ARE LEGAL FOR
PRIVATE CITIZENS TO OWN.
AND ITEM LEGAL TO TRANSFER ON
OWNER.
AS LONG AS THE WEAPON IS
GOVERNMENT.
THE I-TEAM COMBED THROUGH THE
ATF DATABASE AND FOUND AS OF
2017 CONNECTICUT WHERE THE
NEWTOWN SCHOOL MASSACRE
UNFOLDED HAS THE MOST MACHINE
GUNS IN OUR COUNTRY.
MORE THAN 52 THOUSANDS OF THEM.
TEXAS COMES IN SECOND WITH
36,000 PLUS MACHINE GUNS.
FLORIDA AT NO. WITH 36,000
PLUS REGISTERED MACHINE GUNS.
NOW THE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE GUNS
OWNED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S THE RIGHT TO OWN A MACHINE
GUN AND OTHER LEGAL FIREARMS
>> WE ARE ALREADY REGULAR
LETTING AS TIGHTLY AS WE CAN
AND SOMEBODY STILL GETS ONE AND
PUNISH EVERY OTHER PERSON IN
THE COUNTRY.
WE DON'T TELL EVERYBODY WE ARE
TAKING AWAY YOUR CAR BECAUSE
DRUNK DRIVER RUN NOOSE A CROWD
OF PEOPLE.
WE SHOULDN'T WRITE GUN LAW
DOES.
>>Reporter: WILL THERE EVER BE
AN INSUBSTANCE FOR YOU AS GUN
ADVOCATE TO SAY AND NOW ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH.
>> ITEM A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEG
>> ITEM A RIGHT NOT A
PRIVILEGE.
MY ATTITUDE IS IT SAVES MY
CHILD'S LIFE IT'S WORTH IT.
>>Reporter: MOTHER TURNED GUN
SAFETY ADVOCATE LOST HER
JACKSONVILLE AFTER HE WAS
GUNNED DOWN AT A GAS STATION
DURING A FIGHT OVER LOUD MUSIC.
ON TWITTER SHE CALLS HERSELF A
SPOKES MOM FOR TWO GROUPS.
MOM DEMAND ACTION AND EVERY
TOWN.
YESTERDAY SHE TWEETED AMERICA.
WE CAN PREVENT THESE TRAGEDY
WE CAN PREVENT THESE TRAGEDIES
AND WORK TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY
SAFER.
HASH-TAG GUN SAFETY.
FORK TIMES PUBLISHED THIS
EDITORIAL TODAY.
SPOTLIGHTING MASS SHOOTINGS
SINCE THE PREVIOUS DEADLY
RECORD HERE IN FLORIDA LAST
YEAR TITLED 4 77 DAYS SINCE
PULSE MASSACRE.
7521 MASS SHOOTINGS.
ZERO ACTION FROM CONGRESS.
IN FACT THE I-TEAM FOUND GUN
PRODUCTION IN AMERICA SPIKED
AGAIN OVER THE LAST YEAR.
IN 2016 11 MILLION NEW FIREARMS
WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
BEFORE.
COMPARE THAT TO JUST 3.9
MILLION TOTAL GUNS MADE BACK IN
2007.
NUMBERS THAT SHOW GUN
MANUFACTURING IS INCREASING
WITH EACH AND EVERY TRAGEDY.
THE ATF CLASSIFY MACHINE GUN AS
AUTOMATIC WEAPON MEANING ONE
PULL OF THE TRIGGER WILL SHOOT
UNTIL THE MAGAZINE IS EMPTY.
FRIDAY ESTIMATES MACHINE GUN
COST 20,000 DOLLARS ON
AFTERNOON BUT THE ROUNDS UP TO
5 DOLLARS A BULL LE.
HE SAYS IT IS THOSE COST THAT
IS KEEP MACHINE GUNS AWAY FROM
CAN COST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS