digital age. they want to amendment rules to allow electronic devices on the floor. those rules were put to the test last week in the house when democrats held up ipads during a speech. at the time, the presiding officer said it was a violation of congressional rules. new this morning, on msnbc.com, the cycle s krystal ball with the nra shoots down a qualified obama nominee. it comes as the white house is considering delaying the nomination. as many as ten senate democrats, many from red states, are under intense pressure from a new nra push. the gun lobby is angry at the doctor s views on gun reform. many are in step with a majority of americans that support assault weapons ban, and limits on ammunition sales. and you can see t the cycle
this ran me, with shipping, $212. reporter: according to corporate records bulk-ammo.com is based in knoxville, tennessee. the company did not respond to our interview request. the other companies were james holmes bought his tactical gear, gun magazine, tear gas canisters, also refused comment. but it is clear no matter what james holmes bought or how crazy he may have been, everything james holmes purchased to carry out his horrific carnage was legal. drew griffin is joining us now. pretty eye-opening report, drew. have there been attempts to regulate the sale of ammo online? you know, shortly after the colorado shooting, wolf, two bills were introduced. one t in the house, one in the senate to regulate online ammunition sales. reproduc reintroduced again this year. one senator calls am knew
holders, and on june 28th, 4,300 rounds of ammunition from a company called bulkammo.com. by this piece here, buy this piece here with anonymity with s. the part that kills me, nobody says, why are you buying this at once. reporter: in most states you can buy as much as you want, in 1987, congress passed and president reagan signed the firearm owners protection act which restricted sales of fully automatic weapons but also pretty much deregulated any restrictions on buying ammo. it made it legal to buy ammo through the mail and also removed most requirements for dealers to keep track of anyone who was buying ammunition no matter how much. ammunition sales is is not regulated to sell ammunition you don t have to have a license, no one knows who is selling ammunition.
ammunition sales the black hole. the mere and false report earlier this year about the government trying to buy up ammunition, wolf, it s been great for the online ammo business. website wes searched were selling out of certain types of bullets, limiting quantities to buyers and trying to fill lots and lots of back orders. wolf? excellent investigation. good report, drew. thanks very, very much. up next, a marine reservist apparently has been kidnapped in mexico. we re investigating the potential danger for americans who travel south of the border. and later, a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid. the disturbing video played in court today. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but
ammunition sales. colorado and connecticut home to the two high profile mass shootings in the last year quickly followed suit. they barn certain high capacity magazines. on thursday they signed that gun reform law, which included banning 45 types of assault weapons. states like second degree, arkansas, and kansas are working to make guns more omnipresent. they passed a law giving school employees the right to carry a gun, and kansas passed a likely unconstitutional measure to block enforcement of the guns in the state. which brings me back to my home state of louisiana. the shooting happened just blocks from my house in new orleans s seven ward. it added only to the disdishonor of louisiana holding the state