in the year prior to the attack, stephen paddock bought dozens of weapons. a gun shop manager says he sold paddock a gun september 20th, the same day he checked into the mandalay bay hotel. i was ill. it made me physically ill to think we had interacted with him and he had committed such a tragedy. the owner says the store did not sell paddock ammunition or any bump fire stocks, the device that automatically engages the trigger, allowing the weapon of fire between 400 and 800 rounds per minute. in 2010, bulb stocks were deemed legal. paddock use them on at least 12 weapons. we have learned the fbi questioning of marilou danley
insane person committing a homicide. what about the fact we learned today that in his car there was a list of churches in the area. what would that tell you about intent? i think what it tells you is that he s capable of sophisticated planning. and someone who s capable of sophisticated planning is not insane under the law. nor is that a mitigating circumstance that would give you a reason not to give the death penalty. what about this gun, this is what was described today, the extra ammunition, hollow-point bullets, how he waited until he turned 21 to buy the gun. he apparently used. the gun shop manager testified he did not get a notice from the feds ordering him not to sell the gun until days after the fact. well, that s an astonishing fact as well. that s a whole other conversation about gun control in the united states and about these databases we have in place that we re not using effectively to stop people like dylann roof from getting his hands on weapons that can kill