at risk. when it involves a cun, we need to take a step back and get all the facts. why is there a double standard on tragedy with donald trump and republicans? the shooter s choice of military style weapon is an ar-15. according to experts, the weapon is designed to kill multiple enemy combatants at once. that s why it exists. despite that, it s easily accessible and easy to use for civilians across the country. you don t have to be a pro to use this gun. in florida, any 18-year-old can walking in as long as they re not a convicted felon. that s just about everybody. in five of the deadliest six shootings, the gunman in the case used an ar12 semi-automatic weapon. a gunman used an a rp to injury 12 people and injury more at a movie theater in colorado. on december 14th, of 2012, it
well, weapons that were made for afghanistan are on the streets of america. and let me tell you something, anyone who says they re for hunting, they re hunting children. it s time and time again that this weapon is used. i ll tell you, chris, the shooter here had 120 more bullets in his magazines that he did not use. he had extended magazines. he dropped his weapon and stopped. this could have been a lot worse. the number could have been 30 or 40 or 50. he was armed for war in the city of parkland. the safest city in the state of florida. in the state of florida, if you re the mayor of a city and you want to institute better background checks under the laws you ll be arrested in the state? that s the laws we put in place here. it is so backwards. you make a good point. not just the weapon he s got and the amount of bullets he s carrying with him. he was able for a bit to escape with the other students because he was young enough to look like
escape. you have to make the assumption he had to have some help at some point. they also found 50 pounds of tannerite. we received very first statement from the shooter s girlfriend. he never said anything to me. democrats are demanding congress act on new gun control measures. there is no reason to make a semiautomatic assault weapon into a fully automatic battlefield weapon. we cannot be defined by the evil that threatens us or the violence that incites such terror. we are defined by our loving, our carrying, and our courage. steve: it is 3:00 in las vegas. and we start this hour from new york with a fox news alert. the las vegas shooter may have been planning something even more sinister than his bloody massacre. brian: police now want to know if he acted alone or had someone helping him plot
we ll look how long it has been a contention of the border patrol agents that are very often outgunned when it comes to what they ve got. they have sidearms that usually carry rifles in their pickups, but take a look at that thing. that is a battlefield weapon of .50-caliber rifle. that fires a very big slug capable of penetrating a car. that s being used against some of the border patrol agents late saturday night. and prepondera.50-caliber we used along the busiest sector for immigration over the last couple of months. over 30,000 illegal immigrants, most of them children, crossing there. here s what we are learning. a this gunfire came in. our border patrol agents had to run for cover and that then somewhere between 40 and 50 people crossed the border and said, okay, here we are. so our border patrol agents have
drawn in this case, why is there such a hard distinction made between types of weapons? chemical weapons are the lowest on the ladder of weapons of mass destruction. they were used widely during world war i, generally considered a battlefield weapon that can tactically change the course of a battle. weapons like biological weapons and nuclear are considered strategic and can change the course of the war. in this case, the civilians and any opposition fighters or troops in this area of combat not equipped with protective gear are particularly vulnerable. that s one of the reasons why the military generally does not like to use these types of weapons. dr. amy schmittson, senior fellow, very good to hear your expertise. thank you. pleasure to be with you. lots more ahead, including the very first ever mention on this show of the poop cruise.