IN THE CONTROL ROOM ELLIOT
RODRIGUEZ CBS 4 NEWS.
FOR MANY HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA AND ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, THERE ARE RENEWED
CALLS FOR GUN CONTROL
LEGISLATION IN THE WAKE OF THE
MASS SHOOTING IN VEGAS.
AS SETH LEMON REPORTS FROM
CAPITOL HILL, THOSE CALLS ARE
NOT LIKELY TO BE ANSWERED ANY
TIME SOON.
Reporter: DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKERS STOOD ON THE STEPS OF
CAPITOL HILL AND CALLED ON
THEIR REPUBLICAN KLIEGS TO --
COLLEAGUES TO PASS NEW GUN
CONTROL MEASURES.
THIS MAN WAS A THIEF.
HE STOLE THESE LIVES, THESE
JOYS, THESE FUTURES.
BUT WE ARE PRAYERFUL, WE ARE
RESPECTFUL.
BUT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTION
FOR ACTION.
Reporter: GAB BY GIFFORDS
SAYS IT WOULD TAKE COURAGE TO
PASS NEW LAWS.
I HAVE SEEN GREAT COURAGE
WHEN MY LIFE IS ON THE LINE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO COME
TOGETHER.
BE RESPONSIBLE.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS SAY
THAT WITH THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING
STILL UNDER WAY, NOW IS NOT THE
TIME TO DEBATE GUN CONTROL
MEASURES.
PARTICULARLY INAPPROPRIATE
TO POLITICAL SIZE AN EVENT LIKE
THIS.
ENTIRELY PREMATURE TO BE
DISCUSSING LEGISLATIVE
MEASURES.
Reporter: BUT THOOM OFFERED
THEM A GLIMMER OF HOPE.
TO TURN SEMI AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS INTO AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
Reporter: LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING TO
CONFIRM IF GUNMAN STEPHEN
PADDOCK USED GUN STOPS ON HIS
WEAPONS.
AND REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE PAUL RYAN SAID
YESTERDAY THAT A BILL THAT
WOULD ROLL BACK RESTRICTIONS ON
GUN SILENCERS HAVE NOT BEEN
SCHEDULED FOR A VOTE.
AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON BILL
NELSON ANNOUNCED HE IS
SPONSORING LEGISLATION TO BAN
THE SALE OF BUMP STOCKS THAT
YOU HEARD ABOUT IN THAT REPORT.
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