>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL
REPORT.
THE KILLINGS IN BOULDER,
COLORADO WERE MASSIVE.
TEN SHOT DEAD IN MINUTES.
IT’S A TOLL THAT IS UNUSUAL IN
MOST COUNTRIES, BUT PRETTY
COMMON IN THE U.S.
THAT’S BECAUSE THIS ALLEGED
KILLER USED AN AR-15 STYLE
RIFLE, A WEAPON THAT IS
EXPLICITLY FOR GOING ON OFFENSE,
NOT SELF-DEFENSE, AND WAS THE
WEAPON OF CHOICE IN A QUARTER OF
THE LAST 80 MASS SHOOTINGS IN
AMERICA.
AUTHORITIES SAY THIS ALLEGED
SHOOTER’S MASSACRE FOLLOWED THE
GRIM PATTERN OF THOSE WHO AIM TO
KILL A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
QUICKLY.
>> THEY TIED FOUR WEAPONS TO
HIM, AN AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE, A
SAWED-OFF AND TWO HANDGUNS.
>> HETHE TWO GUNS USED IN THE
SHOOTING A HANDGUN AND AN AR-15
STYLE RIFLE LIKE THIS.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AR-15.
AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS AN
AUTOMATIC RIFLE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> KILLED VICTIMS AS YOUNG AS 18
MONTHS, BABIES.
>> POLICE SAY HE USED AN AR-15
ASSAULT RIFLE.
>> HE WAS ARMED WITH AN AR-15
ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE AND HANDGUNS
LIKE THESE.
>> WE HAVE ALL BEEN LIVING
THROUGH THIS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS
TO AMERICA’S GUN PROBLEM.
BUT OUR SPECIAL REPORT RIGHT NOW
IS ON THE AR-15 BECAUSE THE AR-
AR-15 IS SO DEADLY AND BECAUSE
IT IS SO UNUSUAL THAT THIS KIND
OF MILITARIZED WEAPON IS SO
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND IN AMERICA.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
ACCORDING TO MANY EXPERTS THIS
ASPECT OF THE GUN PROBLEM, THE
AR-15 IN AMERICA, IS VERY
FIXABLE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK
TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
TAKE ARMY VETERAN, POLICYMAKER
AND CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY BROWN.
HE TOLD US WHAT THESE WEAPONS
ARE FOR, THE MILITARY CONTEXT IN
AN INTERVIEW JUST AFTER TWO MASS
SHOOTINGS IN 2019.
>> THESE ARE THE VERY TYPES OF
WEAPONS THAT WERE ISSUED TO ME
WHEN I WENT TO IRAQ, WHEN MY
COLLEAGUES WENT TO AFGHANISTAN.
THEY WERE ISSUED TO US SO THAT
WE COULD DO A VERY IMPORTANT
MISSION IF CALLED TO DO, AND
THAT’S TO KALEILL PEOPLE.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO INFLICT AS
MUCH ARM AND CASUALTY AND DEATH
AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
>> THAT’S THE MILITARY HISTORY.
THE FACTS AND THE HISTORY ARE
INSTRUCTIVE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING
I’M ABOUT TO TELL YOU NOW IN
THIS SPECIAL REPORT IS ABOUT THE
FACTS OF THIS PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS WEAPON.
IT IS NOT A CRITIQUE OF EVERY
POSSIBLE TOOL THAT ONE MIGHT USE
FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
IT IS JUST THE ACTUAL TRACK
RECORD OF THIS DANGEROUS WEAPON
THAT NOW IS USED TO GUN DOWN TEN
MORE PEOPLE IN AMERICA JUST
YESTERDAY.
THE PROTOTYPES FOR AR-15s WERE
FIRST TESTED IN VIETNAM.
THE GOVERNMENT VIEWED THEM AS
FAST, DEADLY WEAPONS OF WAR.
THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS
INITIALLY SECRET.
SOME OF THE FILES CLASSIFIED
UNTIL THE 1980s.
IT WAS RUN BY A PENTAGON AGENCY
THAT EXPLORES NEW EKNOLOGIES FOR
WAR AS WELL AS OTHER TYPES OF
DEVELOPMENTS.
IT ALSO WORKED ON THE FRAME WORK
FOR THE INTERNET.
NOW, WHAT DID PEOPLE WITH
VIETNAM COMBAT EXPERIENCE THINK
AT THE TIME OF THOSE
EXPERIMENTS.
WELL, WE NOW KNOW.
THEY HAD NEVER BEFORE WITNESSED
THE WOUNDS.
LEAVING A HARD IMPRESSION.
IN ONE COMBAT ENCOUNTER, A
RANGER FIRED HITTING A VC WITH
THREE ROUNDS.
ONE ROUND IN THE HEAD TOOK IT
COMPLETELY OFF.
ANOTHER IN THE RIGHT ARM TOOK IT
COMPLETELY OFF TOO.
THERE ARE MANY STRATEGS AND
ALSO LAWS THAT APPLY TO WAR.
COMMANDERS OFTEN PREFER THE
OPTION OF PRECISION WHEN
POSSIBLE.
BUT THE HISTORY I’M TELLING YOU
ABOUT WASN’T GOING TO BE
POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE TRIALS WERE
SHOWING IT WAS, QUOTE,
IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE PRISONERS