purchased two glock 19 pistols legally at the same store. would any of this raise red flags to you? well, sure. in hindsight. but at the time it wouldn t have raised too many other than the ones already there. i really appreciate what your other guest has just said that even with everybody seeing this kind of bow hehavior, there s n much that could be done. somebody in his case, this extreme narcissism, it s all about me. it s me against the world. everybody s against me. everybody s picking on me. and he even says it started since childhood. every one of these small grievances is another brick in the wall that finally gets built up and up and up. it s just something that s been coming for a long time. nobody knows exactly. this is similar to predicting when a volcano will erupt.
killed a reporter and cameraman live on television today. sources say that vester flanagan purchased his pistol legally. new details about the 23-page long manifesto that flanagan faxed to abc news two hours after he murdered alison parker and adam ward. pamela brown is outfront tonight. what more are we learning, pamela, about the gun police recovered from the shoot every a and how he got it? reporter: we learned that the gun recovered from the shooter has been identified as a glock 19. it s believed he purchased it in july in virginia legally, as you point out. my colleague and i are told that there was nothing in the background check prohibiting flanagan from buying the gun. he didn t have any felony convictions or anything like that that would have prohibited him from being able to do so. in virginia, you need a background check to purchase a gun. we re told jim that he bought
and killing people. now looks like apparently the same kind of gun. tell us more about the nine millimeter glock 19? wolf, the frame is made of plastic, it is easy to carry, conceal. a light firearm. i have to go back with what sunny said, firearm possession and mental illness don t match. as three incidents in the united states involved firearms and people declared mentally ill or were having mental problems. what are you saying, matthew, what needs to be done to fix that? we need to readdress legislation. clearly laws are in the books now, 4473 that asked the question if you re under treatment, been declared mentally defective, that s where the problem comes in. a lot of the people having issues will not normally fill that form out truthfully and candidly. apparently bought the gun legally. sounds like it, no indication of previous felony conviction or
fuentes, and joining us matthew who arest, senior vice president at fjc security services. let me get reaction to what we heard from pamela brown, a nine millimeter glock 19. correct me if i m wrong, it sounds like the weapon used a decade ago at virginia tech. that individual at virginia tech killed 32 people. i thought the virginia tech shooter bought two glocks in a row at a gun shop drew griffin went to and reported at. it comes in several calibers, several sizes, and sounded hearing that video this morning that about eight shots were fired, which any of the models would have that much capacity. matthew, what s so chilling, the killer in the 23 page manifesto was praising some of the other mass murderers that went out and started shooting
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