getting through this without a civil war. according to federal prosecutors on his way to d.c. on january 3rd, rhodes allegedly bought an ar platform rifle and sights, mounts, triggers, slings and other firearms attachments in texas. the next day he allegedly bought more supplies in mississippi. rhodes who earned a law degree from yale did not enter the capitol on january 6th, but video captures oath keepers forcing their way into the building in a military stack formation. in this clip, you can see a group of oath keepers very close to the capitol doors breaching the building. here, members inside the capitol rotunda including jessica watkins who was among those charged today with seditious conspiracy. the new indictment also reveals the group allegedly had quick reaction forces from three states, arizona, north carolina
the re-election of president obama, gun sales were reaching record highs in the u.s. i wanted to know, who were the people buying these guns and why were they doing it? so i figured taking a job in a gun shop would be a good place to start. hey, man, how are you? morgan? thanks for letting me come down. i went to work at ssg tactical. a gun retailer who specializes in class 3 firearms. class 3 guns are basically that s a generic term of any guns restrictive under the 1934 gun control act which would be machine guns, silencers, short barrel rifles, and what they term destructive devices. rifle over 50 caliber. couldn t any gun be a destructive device? well. so you re coming around here, this is our main gun area over here. a lot of people preparing for zombie apocalypse? the zombie phenomenon has caught on big. then from there we move into the tactical shotguns, tactical type
it s a rifle. and that s really what s at the heart of the gun debate. with weapons far more powerful than the founding fathers ever imagined come new questions. should these types of weapons really be so easy to get? you ready to do some work? we have some packages that came in this morning. let s go back here and get to work. how often does stuff come in? it comes in daily. it s like christmas around here, man. every day. you re not sweating, are you? not yet. this ain t some cushy ass acting job. ssg is doing a lot of their business on the internet. we ll show you how our online business works. okay. nearly a quarter of their sales come from online orders. is there anyone that s a licensed retailer, has the ability to sell guns to anyone on the internet? you can go on here and list anything from guns to gun parts to ammunition to anything you wanted. we were looking for rifles.
it s like allowing 40% of passengers to board a plane without going through security. would we do this? what would you like to see happen? three things must change to make america a safer place from gun violence. number one, a national background check. number two, a ban on the assault weapons. and three, a capacity of no more than ten rounds on magazines. according to one study that focused on mass shootings, high capacity magazines were used in half of the incidents occurring in the u.s. in the last 30 years and shootings were significantly deadlier when assault weapons and high capacity magazines were used. i ve heard the idea that limiting access to high capacity magazines would make a difference before. now it s time to put the theory to the test. that s a lot of bullets. it is, sir. on this table is a sampling of magazines. this particular set here is for the ar platform rifle.
assault rifle until you assault someone with it. it s a rifle. and that s really what s at the heart of the gun debate. with weapons far more powerful than the founding fathers ever imagined come new questions. should these types of weapons really be so easy to get? you ready to do some work? we have some packages that came in this morning. let s go back here and get to work. how often does stuff come in? it comes in daily. it s like christmas around here, man. every day. you re not sweating, are you? not yet. this ain t some cushy ass acting job. joous just like any other modern successful retailer, ssg is doing a lot of their business on the internet. we ll show you how our online business works. okay. nearly a quarter of their sales come from online orders. is there anyone that s a licensed retailer has the ability to sell guns to anyone on the internet? yes.