That s the important question. the president says that there s going to be a review of that. it definitely appears to not have caught a year after she comes into this country she is helping to carry out the deadliest terror attack in this country since 9/11. one quick thing i want to make sure i mention. in that press conference, it was remarkable revelation also that the fbi assistant director there said that these both suspects, these people carried out some kind of dry run. they went to firing ranges in the days leading up to this massacre. so that, again. tells you a little bit about their preparation, what they were intending to do. this was not just something that was triggered on the day of this christmas party. it looks like this was something that was definitely in the works. and also goes to the question as to no red flags were raised,
Face. reporter: four guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition and tactical gear and pipe bombs and building a terrorist arsenal in the u.s. is easy, cheap, and been before. by cnn s calculation, everything the killers used to kill 14 people could have been purchased easily and legally for less than $5,000. and according to a family attorney, the use of guns was nothing alarming, not even when you add up 6,000 rounds of ammunition. when people have guns and they have ammo, a lot of times they go to shooting and firing ranges. reporter: it was the colorado theater shooting how easy to assemble an arsenal. the shooter got his gear through online. he had 4,300 rounds of ammunition from bulkammo.com.
Nothing alarming, not even when you add up 6,000 rounds of ammunition. when people have guns and ammo, a lot of times they go to shooting and firing ranges, they waste a lot of amy. it was the colorado theater shooting that exposed to the public how easy it is to assemble an arsenal. all shipped anonymously through online purchases. he bought tear gas can nisers, tactical gear, magazine holders and 4,300 rounds of ammunition from a company called bulk a ammo.com. clinton was on the other end. that is disturbing. if i can go and fully equip myself that easily, it s ridiculous. reporter: in most states you can buy as much as you want. in 1986 congress passed and president regan signed the protection act which restricted sales of fully automatic weapons
And if they did know, what did they think it was about? here s that part of conversation. you re not shocked to hear there s an equal amount of shock when they hear about the ammo, the thousands of rounds, the bombs, the materials. when people have guns and ammo, a lot of time when they re going to shooting and firing ranges, they do waste a good amount of ranges. having a lot of ammo doesn t mean you re planning an attack. they were making a point about suv he was renting. he s rented suvs before. help us understand that in terms of the weapons and ammo. this is america. we know people have their guns and love them. we know that he had on his social media he liked to take target practice but thousands of 223 rounds, thousands of .9
Some firing ranges like the centennial gun club in colorado say that is too young. we have chosen not to let a 9-year-old shoot at our club. why? they re still developing. there is a strength issue. there is a maturity issue. there is a competency issue. reporter: we fired the same caliber bullet. you can see the kick. a powerful force that some firearms experts say may be too much for kids to handle. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. in omaha, a tragic dose of reality for a rowdy television show. a crew member for the show cops was shot and killed during an attempted robbery at a wendy s. so was the suspect who was armed only with a pellet gun.