meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
CNN 5 Things

One Thing: “Machine guns are back, and they’re everywhere.”

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This episode contains graphic descriptions of gun violence. According to a new analysis provided exclusively to CNN, the number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has sharply risen over the past few years. We examine how a small piece of plastic or metal can transform a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun in a matter of moments and how law enforcement is responding. Guest: Curt Devine, CNN Investigates Producer To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:07.0

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative

0:11.9

friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

0:16.0

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.0

Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

0:27.0

Well look folks, it's great to be here in Wilkesbury, I mean that sincerely.

0:34.4

President Joe Biden was in Wilkesbury, Pennsylvania last Tuesday.

0:38.4

He was there talking law enforcement and public safety ahead of the midterms, and he mentioned that bipartisan gun safety bill he signed into law earlier this summer.

0:46.8

Remember it was a huge breakthrough after 30 years of congressional gridlock on the issue.

0:52.1

But even Biden said while well, it does a lot, it's still not enough.

0:56.0

We're not stopping here.

0:58.0

I'm determined to ban assault weapons in this country.

1:03.0

Determine.

1:04.0

And this wasn't new.

1:09.0

Biden and gun safety advocates have been calling for an assault weapons ban for a long time.

1:14.7

In 2004, a ban that he helped get through Congress as a senator 10 years earlier expired.

1:20.4

But the calls have gotten louder.

1:22.2

Most recently, after the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Yavaldi, Texas, where assault rifles were once again the weapon of choice.

1:30.0

For God's sake, what's the rationale for these weapons outside of a war zone?

1:36.8

Those guns were semi-automatic, but recently the CNN investigates team has been looking

1:42.1

into the re-emergence of fully automatic weapons on American streets.

1:47.0

Today, producer Kurt Devine tells me the reason behind this surge in machine guns may lie in small pieces of plastic and

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.