Free Republic

On February 18, 2005, CNN aired a segment in which reporter Drew Griffin purchased a .50 caliber rifle. In doing so, Griffin may have broken one or more federal firearms laws. And he filmed it to boot. The video of the transaction can be found at  http://tinyurl.com/5ftnr (look in the upper right corner  for the box labeled "Powerful Rifle Readily Available".  It's in RealPlayer format). A transcript of the show can be  found at http://tinyurl.com/6r26q. Some pertinent quotes from the clip: "But before I shelled out $2,500 to buy this gun, I wanted to make sure I could buy  ammunition."...