weight, all the identifying features and separate you from that bad person. and that can sometimes take a little time. it can take five minutes. it can take two hours. it can take a couple days. yeah. so you re looking for it for protection? recreational? what s your right now i m going to hunt deer with this rifle and try to improve my skills a little bit. never know when we might get invaded or something by china. i m arming myself against all enemies, foreign and domestic. who, i cannot tell you because it hadn t happened. but if it happens, i m going to be ready. yeah. dylan was approved. easy as that, he was able to just walk out the door with his brand new weapon. a gun capable of shooting up to 45 rounds of ammunition per minute. got zombie bullets. you can use them on anything, not just zombies. i have to say, i m a little conflicted.
in november, just one week after 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 act, machine guns, silencers, short barrelled rifles, 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. the tactical shotgun rifles.
trident individuals. 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. weapons.wo, a ban on the assault 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. you have a ten-round capable and they re also marked 20, 30.
good shot. do you want to put the target further out? yes. or do you like where it is? in the united states, we love guns. it s like it s in our dna, it s in our constitution, the right to bear arms, the freedom to defend ourselves. there you go. as an american, i myself own guns. when i was 12 years old, this is a true story, i was given my first rifle, a .22 that my grandfather hand-made the stock for me, gave to me as a present. on the first day of he and i out shooting it were in the backyard shooting at the target. at some point walking back, my dog went and hit behind the
you have a ten-round capability and they re also marked 20, 30. and a drum that can also fit the ar platform rifle, which will hold 120 rounds. wow. this is a standard ar platform rifle. it shoots semiautomatic only. how quickly can somebody change one of those? if someone is very quick, how fast can they do it? it all varies depending on the skill level. how quick could i do it? i ll walk you through. here on the right side is your magazine release button. merely pressing in will allow the magazine to release. right now, the bolt is open. here on the left side is a lever that will drop and drive the bolt forward for you. so pressing that will charge the weapon and load the round for you. okay. that s all you re going to need right now. okay. so i want to have one end. and i want to have one you can leave it in the pocket, put it on the table. so you ready? you tell me when. three, two, one, go. that was pretty fast.