>> why don't you tell me. >> it's a semiautomatic knun that looks like a military weapon. you want to ban all semiautomatic guns, let's talk about that. most guns owned by americans are semiautomatic. >> what is the purpose of an ar-15? >> it's like a hunting rifle that cosmetically on the outside looks like a military weapon. but look -- >> how many bullets can it fire a second? >> there's a reason -- >> answer my question. how many bullets can it fire a second? >> i'm going to answer your other question. >> wait, you will not downgrade what these weapons do. >> you wouldn't let me finish before. >> how many bullets does the ar-15 fire a second? >> the point -- >> it's been used in your last three mass shootings. stwr the question. >> you never let me finish. >> you going to answer or not? >> i'll answer the first question, then the second one. the reason why you have a semiautomatic weapon. take the alternative. if i had a bullet-action rifle to manually load it, with two criminals coming at me. it may be too late to load the second one. what happens if i fire a shot and

well, we have easy access to semiautomatic weapons in this country, semiautomatic rifles. a good society that does this, allows it? a country where anyone can get ahold of a rifle that can kill 26 people in ten minutes. is this a good society? is it really a free society when you can't be sure your kids are safe sitting at their school desks? i ask the questions knowing the only way we can end this is with the votes of politicians from deer hunting country, not from the big cities. will they be there? will politicians who fear the gun lobby bear up under the strain of attack against any measure, no matter how small, to curb the power of the gun owners? the question tonight, what should and, most importantly, can be done to stop this kind of gun violence? and if nothing will work, say it. go ahead, say nothing can be done. i want to hear an american elected official tonight or any night say what happened on friday in newtown, connecticut, is just part of living in the free society of america. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, and ch

not going to live in a society where every building you go into has a security guard with a semiautomatic weapon. ultimately, the solution for this country is not for us to become one big armed camp. the solution is to make sure that these weapons don't exist in the first place. the assault weapons ban had been in place, anderson, i fundamentally believe, i know a lot of parents in newtown believe, there would be kids getting their christmas presents this christmas. because in ten minutes, with those 30-clip -- 30-round clips, this guy was able to destroy 27 lives in just under ten minutes. that shouldn't be allowed. and i think there are a lot of nra members who agree. i think wayne lapierre today is out of step with america, out of step with newtown, but i think he's out of step with a lot of his members and i hope the whole world saw that. >> he also mentioned a mental health database. beyond the possible infringement on rights that may have, that doesn't get around the loophole that gun show sales have because they often can do without background checks. >> one of the most absurd parts of hi

dick's sporting goods is pulling certain kinds of semiautomatic weapons from stores nationwide and su spendsing all gun sales in the stores closest to newtown. >> the national rifle association is releasing its first statement. theorganization says it stayed silent out of respect for the victims. they say they are quote, prepared to offer meaningful contributions to make sure this never happens again. >> and for more coverage on gun control and safety, visit abc2news.com and there you can find the latest information on gun laws and complete coverage of the tranl i did. >> now the developing story out of caroline county where a woman is accused of murdering her father on his birthday. >> he was found dead in a chair dm his kitchen yesterday. police say his daughter called 9111 to report that her father was dead but her story on how he died didn't add up. she toldpolice two men broke into the home and assaulted her dad. shefaces charges of murder, assault, manslaughter and reckless endangerment. >> three children are hit by a car in baltimore county ranging in age from 6 to 17. the driv

i think that the founders were as you mentioned just now conceptualizing semiautomatic weapons but i also don't think that they were necessarily thinking that technology wouldn't advance i mean obviously it had gotten to the point where they were able to create a goal that's what jefferson said if you know every twenty years we should reinvent the constitution he said you shouldn't expect a man to wear the clothes that he wore as a boy you know that we grow up and you know the first part of the second amendment says in order to maintain a well regulated militia so let's say the only people who own guns are people who are militia members first let me say it's good to be on the show and secondly we want to extend our prayers and condolences to all of those who are affected by this tragedy we've seen this happen to many times this year so our prayers go out to the parents and to the students and all of the victims but to your point i mean obviously the original intent behind the right to bear arms does not i think allow for people to have semiautomatic weapons people have super clips yo

couldn't. >> bill: so you wouldn't even support, if -- we don't the endless debate over what a semiautomatic weapon is. >> bill: the f.b.i. would define it. >> semiautomatic is most of the 300 million guns that are out there. >> bill: that's true. that's true. all right. there is stossel, everybody. you would be great at the okay coral. when we come back, is it legal investigating why the mother of the newtown killer had an ar 15 assault rifle in the home? and then, do violent movies encourage psychopaths to commit murder? take a hard loooooooooo >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. nancy lanza, mother of adam lanza, killed 26 people including himself, was a gun collector. con condition has tough gun laws, so how did she get the it? >> it's legal in connecticut. the ar 15. unless you have attachments onto. you put a grenade launcher on it or detachable magazine. other than that -- >> bill: how can the state say well, we have tough gun laws if the ar is legal? >> they can't say that. comparatively, they're tough. but -- >> bill: how? comparatively to what? >> let's look at connect

. >> it is a semiautomatic gun that looks like a military weapon. guns owned by americans are semiautomatic. >> it is like a hunting rifle that on the outside looks like a military weapon. but look. >> how many bullets can et fire in a second. >> i'm answering your first question. >> no wait. you will not downgrade what these weapons do. >> you wouldn't let me finish before. >> how many bullets does it fire a second? >> the point -- sir, you have to let me finish. >> do you want to anner? >> i'm going to answer your first question and then i'll answer the second question. the reason why you have a semiautomatic weapon. if i have to manually load it. i have two criminals coming at me. i have to load the first bullet and then i have to load the second. what happens if i fire a shot and i miss? >> how many bullets does it fire in a second. >> the place can't be there all the time. the police can't be there all the time. >> are you going to answer my question. >> you how many bullets can it fire in a second. >> i think your estimate is high. >> it can f

they don't have people with easy access to semiautomatic weapons, click, click, click, that can kill6 people in ten minutes. what do we do about our american situation? these are problems man made in this country. laws that were passed by men. should they be changed? >> just as the president said, we have got to begin the conversation, and the conversation begins around a table with everyone there. i did go back to arkansas and run for re-election in 1994 having voted for the ban on assault weapons, and i got hit pretty hard, but one of the ways -- >> what's the knock against you for doing it? what's it sound like? >> well, it sounds like i'm trying to take away weapons or guns from, you know, those who want -- >> why do they need semiautomatics to do hunting? what do they need it for? >> the point was when i went home, i went to the nra meetings, and i visited -- there's some people there that didn't want to listen, but there were those who did, and when i talked about what it was we were doing, simply banning the domestic production of these weapons, they could still own them and s

the gunman, adam lanza, fired dozens of bullets, using a semiautomatic weapon, using a pistol to killimself. >> the weapon has been identified as a bushmaster ar-15 assault style weapon. high-capacity magazines, and, in addition, the subject had a glock .10 millimeter and .9 millimeter sig sauer. all weapons had additional magazines. >> a fourth weapon was found in a car outside the school. we are learning more about the shooter's activities in the days, weeks and months leading up to the second worst mass school shooting in u.s. history. lanza visited a gun range. we do not know where or when. an atf spokesperson says his mother, nancy lanza, visited a shooting range multiple times. her son also killed her. as for motive, authorities are still searching for answers. >> we're pleased with the work that's been done so far. i'm hoping that helps answer that question. we're pleased with the progress that we're making. this is a very long, tedious process. >> and federal agents are especially focusing on the weapons this gunman has, specifically they are visiting gun ranges and gun dealer

couldn't. >> bill: so you wouldn't even support, if -- we don't the endless debate over what a semiautomatic weapon >> bill: the f.b.i. would define it. >> semiautomatic is most of the 300 million guns that are out there. >> bill: that's true. that's true. all right. there is stossel, everybody. you would be great at the okay coral. when we come back, is it legal investigating why the mother of the newtown killer had an ar 15 assault rifle in the home? and then, do violent movies encourage psychopaths to commit murder? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. come to the winter event and get the mercedes-benz you've always wished for, now for an exceptional price. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 glk350 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. nancy lanza, mother of adam lanza, killed 26 people including himself, was a gun collector. con condition has tough gun laws, so how did she get the it? >> it's legal

a semiautomatic weapon. he had easy access to that.nd it hard when people say, well, you know, if you didn't have a gun you could do something else. is the answer then arming more people? that doesn't make any sense to me honestly. >> no, but soledad, it probably doesn't. but we really need to have a robust discussion that includes all of this. the talks about gun control, access to weapons, and mental health. and what it all means. you know, these victims and these families really deserve a very thorough discussion. you know, it's really -- i think we always want the quick and easy answer. and that may or may not be gun control. i don't know. right now i think -- i'm grieving too much to try to figure it out, you know -- but we need a very thorough -- >> reporter: i don't know that people want quick and easy answers. honestly with all due respect, and you and i have had many conversations over the past year. we talk a lot. i think there's always a tragedy, we all run out and cover it. and people watch at home, and they're broken heart

mass shooter using semiautomatic weapons apparently, the kind of weapons you can shoot, shoot, shoot. apparently shot himself. >> that's what chris just told us. and, again, we see these things repeat, repeat, repeat. chris, as you know, we have about 20 mass shootings in the united states every year. as horrific as this is, we also see somewhat of a copycat. remember we had virginia tech, cho, the shooter in april 2011. two semiautomatic pistols that he used. the shooting that took place in aurora, colorado, in a movie theater, individual dressed in all black clothing. the shooting that took place earlier this week in portland, oregon, shooter dressed in all block with a semiautomatic weapon. today we're told the shooter, one more time, dressed in black, maybe with a load bearing vest that would allow him to carry more magazines. part of what we have to get into is do these guys see themselves as some type of commando or something? what commando goes after kids? goes after little kids? and as -- >> does that lend some kind of moral authority to the horrific actions, the wearing of a

semiautomatic, right? we have outlawed automatic weapons since the days of machine gun kelly.s wrong with making the same rule effective? >> we're talking about each little increment -- >> no, no, slippery slope. let's not get into slippery slope. >> that's what we say. >> would this be a less free country if you couldn't have an assault rifle? >> yeah, because we have guns fundamentally protected by the second amendment -- >> wait a minute. >> we have guns in order to control the government. >> why would anyone -- what? >> i thought you'd hear that. yes. we have guns in order to control the government. >> and where have assault rifles been useful in controlling the size or direction or policy of the united states government in our history? >> the brown bess rifle was used to win our independence. >> from the british? let's talk about our government. >> militiamen used their militia rifles to defend new orleans against the british. >> against the british. when have guns been useful in curtailing the power -- >> athens, tennessee, 1946. townsmen rose up against corrupt governme

they were semiautomatic weapon guns. they were clips and strips and drums that allowed a person to go willy nilly into a school room and exercise his lethal intent. that is not a video game. that is not a rap song. that is not a scorsese movie. that is an american fascination, an addiction to violence and to guns, and the worship of guns. gary wills in the new york review of books talks about our fascination with and our worship of guns. he says we are worshipping not only the iconography of the gun but the gun itself. let's be honest about it. wayne la pierre is the high priest of the guns that murdered and maimed and not what happens in the video game. we all know about cultural influences, and we can speak about those. the reality is guns. people with men eflent intent kill. >> you hit on something. the idea of worshipping the violates itself. we all understand in a society that sometimes bad things happen. there is violence and self-defense is a legal right. >> right. >> but you are talking about a sort of excitement

these are semiautomatic weapons, and there is a lot of confusion. t was saying this is not an automatic weapon. you have to understand what it does. it doesn't require the trigger go -- that the hammer go all the way back and you squeeze again really hard. the triggers are very sensitive. you just pulse the finger. you can get off three to five rounds in one second. >> there is a difference between the power of a automatic and the ar-15s if they have the right equipment. that's the reality. we'll be right back. ht from us . so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. sfx- "sounds of african drum and flute" look who's back. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this..

weapons piece of legislation. and it's going to be strong, and it's going to be definitive. and it's going to ban by name at least 100 military-style semiautomatic assault weapons. and it's going to ban big clips, drums or strips of more than ten bullets. and it's this particular category of weapon which the bushmaster is. it's a killer weapon. you can fire it very quickly. it has very little recoil, very little kick, and it's very high velocity. and it doesn't belong on the streets of our city. and it doesn't belong in a place where a 20-year-old like this particular 20-year-old could get ahold of it and go in and do what he did. and this makes me very angry.

these are semiautomatic weapons, and there is a lot of confusion. saying this is not an automatic weapon. you have to understand what it does. it doesn't require the trigger go -- that the hammer go all the way back and you squeeze again really hard. the triggers are very sensitive. you just pulse the finger. you can get off three to five rounds in one second. >> there is a difference between the power of a automatic and the ar-15s if they have the right equipment. that's the reality. we'll be right back. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> she was the type of person that could light up a room. she always had something kind to say about anybody. her love and the strength she gave us and the example she showed us is remarkable. she is an incred

we want semiautomatic military-style assault weapons off the streets.oing to criminals to madmen, it's just not good for us as a society to have so many of them available. if obama does this, you know, you don't get elected president in this country if you're an extreme to one of the parties so i think he has the ability to make this argument. >> eliot: look, sam, i think that's right. i think it is important to remember that a majority of republicans and members of the nra do support background checks and limitations on the number of bullets that can be sold. senator manchin he said enough is enough. this just to the does work for our society. maybe we're at that tipping point. >> maybe you're right. 80% also said don't touch our social security, and now we hear that the white house might propose a plan to cut it. i hope you're right. i hope president obama is situated to do this. nra members have been saying for literally five years that president obama was going to come and get their guns. they have seen no difference in their ability to purchase fir

>> it's a semiautomatic gun that looks like a military weapon. if you want to ban all semiautomatic guns, fine, let's talk about that. >> what's the purpose of an ar-15? >> it's like a hunting rifle that is cosmetically on the outside looks like a military weapon. >> how many bullets can it fire a second? how many bullets can it fire a second? answer my question. >> i'm going to answer your first question. >> you will not downgrade what these weapons do. how many -- answer the simple question. >> the point of the semiautomatic -- >> how many bullets does it fire in a second? used in the last three mass shootings. answer the question. are you going to answer or not? >> i'll answer your first question, and then i'll answer your second question. the reason you have a semiautomatic weapon is because, take the alternative. if i were to have a bolt-action rifle where i have to manually load it, and i have two criminals coming at me. i can fire one bullet and then it's going to take me a second to load it again. what happens if i fire and it misses? >> h

the connection to what happened there and what happened in colorado, is both used a semiautomatic weaponstion to you is this. why would anybody in america, who is not in the military or the police force, need to ever have one of these weapons? >> first of all, piers, these aren't fully automatic weapons that you get in the military. the semiautomatic, they pull one bullet and pull the trigger, as well as any other rifle that may not look like a military-style rifle. before you demonize a gun, you need to look at how it functions. some of the ar-15s fire .22 caliber bullets. that's a smaller what a hunting rifle would fire. >> that's not the case in either the incident in oregon or aurora, as you well know. and i come back again. you can look at it one way. i'm baffled as to what anybody would need a weapon of this sophistication for, if the purpose is simply to defend yourself. explain to me. >> well, the weapon isn't that sophisticated. to be honest about it, your network, on cnn, i remember watching during the l.a. riots, korean merchants on top of the rooftops of their buildings makin

. >> and auto -- an automatic or semiautomatic weapon doesn't work for hunters or for those who are shooting animals for the purposes of food when it comes to gun stores a senator from montgomery county will push to give the state police the same authority as if atf to place sanctions o on the owners. as for the guns left on the street. >> if you count them, it tells people i am going to make sure that the right person or the right people have access to these kind of weapon withs. >> and the sponsors of these state bills are due. p students were killed in at columbine despite the fact that armed police were there. >> gun sales have spikeded after the elementary school shooting but now, demand is shooting price up. ar 15s are selling for as much as a thousand dollars in texas. adealer says that an assault style is weapon that sold for nine hundred dollars are now selling for about fifteen hundred dollars people across country are keeping the the p people in new newtown in their mind scombs in one town they turned into into a winter wonder land. >> the children who attend sandy other look elem

here's the problem with the idea of semiautomatic weapons. alice talked about this issue of video games. i don't know if you take grand theft auto out and -- it's going to killed them, but if you pull the trigger it will kill the child or firefighters, whomever else is. i hunt. i don't know of a single hunter, now in my family, no one i know that needs a ar-whatever this thing is. you don't need it. you get one shot at a deer. if you're lucky, you get two shots. if you're that bad of a shot, you ought to stick to fishing. it's a crappy way for making an excuse to own these weapons. you don't need them. do a buy-back problem. cut part of the deficit? bring all 3 million of that one weapon back in, let the government, county, state and federal, pay you to take them back. you do don't need them. >>> we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >>> speaker boehner has said it's up to the senate and the president to come up with a fiscal deal, but as some point out, he'll have to push a bill through the house. given last week's events it wo

we consider the phrases like "assault weapons," "semiautomatics," "automatic, "assault rifles." ear to be terps of art used by people who occasionally are trying to mislead. i wish publicly we could make clear exactly which of these weapons are most dangerous, most unhelpful and most unneeded. we could do that publicly and we could take a week and do that. i wish that would happen. >> another angle for a second. >> i'll let you finish your point. >> i think someone has to fairly make the point here that americans have guns. not only because they love the sport, not only because they love hunting, not only because they think it is their right. not only in some cases because they're a little nutty and love guns, they also have guns because they are afraid. they think their society and their culture are very frail and in trouble. they think someday they may be on their own. they want guns to protect themselves and protect their families. i think that has to be respected and not denigrated. >> so the military assault weapons -- a military assault weapon which can pump 30 to 40 bullet

well, we have easy access to semiautomatic weapons in this country, semiautomatic rifles.allows it? a country where anyone can get ahold of a rifle that can kill 26 people in ten minutes. is this a good society? is it really a free society when you can't be sure your kids are safe sitting at their school desks? i ask the questions knowing the only way we can end this is with the votes of politicians from deer hunting country, not from the big cities. will they be there? will politicians who fear the gun lobby bear up under the strain of attack against any measure, no matter how small, to curb the power of the gun owners? the question tonight, what should and, most importantly, can be done to stop this kind of

. >> when wayne lapierre said falsehoods about semiautomatic weapons and the media are demonizing gun owners, is he right? >> no. but even before that what he got was a priceless gift of 25 minutes of free media from those news organizations that elected to carry it live. and i bet they were rather disappointed when they learned, as you just said, tom, that there would be no questions, no opportunity to challenge any of the assertions made, including the two you just mentioned. >> let's talk about the tone of the coverage of the nra event. if i can put up on the screen, the new york tabloid covers. gun nut. the "huffington post" said the gun came out. this is mockery of the nra. >> i think that does not help. the truth is, all that does is validate to wayne lapierre and all the people, yes, the media is against us and they're unfairly against us. i think there were a lot of legitimate assessments and analysis of that news conference, which could be done by many people without calling people nuts, without saying they're crazy because the truth is, one of the reasons the nra has so much

your constitution was ratified in 1788 when no funding father could have foreseen semiautomatic weaponsight to bear arms empowers law abiding people. that's why the founders put it in there. any time any government mandates behavior, limits behavior the states get stronger and the folks get weaker. we are aware of public safety issues on this program. so i'm going to address this morning in the talking points memo. not as easy as you portray it henry cantor wits, costa rica. how you can say that video and a movie violence part of the problem when you also state the killing of children has declined drastically in the u.s.a.? good question, henry. good question. here is the answer, violent crime is down because of tough mandatory sentencing for brutal criminals. the intensity of crimes like newtown comes from a libertine culture where few boundaries exist. that's what we have here now. we have got to work on it tigerville, south carolina. when i hear politicians say complex or comprehensive i know nothing will get done. i quoted you earlier in the program that's absolutely right. nonstop

why do people need these semiautomatic weapons? i was reading about the glock he had and the sigsower he had. five bullets a second bush master. these were created for law enforcement. these were created for the military. why does the average person. i can understand hunting rifle and hunting gun. why do these weapons of mass destruction. >> for the reason that george washington said. a free people should be an armed people. it ensures against the tyranny of the government. if they know that the biggest army is the american people, then you don't have the tyranny that came from king george. that's why it was put in there. that's why once you start drawing the line where do you stop? and that's why it is important to not just look emotionally. our reaction is to immediately say let's get rid of all guns. you do as it a judge. you react emotionally but you use your head and you look at the facts. and the facts are that every time guns have been allowed, conceal carries have been allowed. the crime rate has gone down. washington, d.c.