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>> reporter: the bushmaster xm 15 as its known is a semiautomatic only civilian version of the m-16 u.s. military rifle first introduced in the vietnam war and still used by u.s. troops today. >> it's out in the car. i just didn't want to carry it all around. i brought it to a gun show a couple weeks ago in columbia and the case this big and bulky and there were so many people in there i kept banging people and that's why i didn't bring it with me. yeah. either one. the 223 or 5.56. >> any way you'd go down 50 bucks? >> yeah. i can go down 50. >> all right. you want to walk out and i'll pay yo...

>> all right. we can do $1,050. >> the producer boxes the guns in their carrying cases and heads to the door. again, no names. no id. no paperwork. not even a receipt. total time, 5 minutes, three semiautomatic handguns purchased. incidentally because there's no paper trail, none of these weapons can ever be traced to the buyer. later the same day in greeneville, south carolina, and it's the biggest show of the five our team attended. after wandering the floor our producer spots this gentleman carrying a semiautomatic rifle on his shoulder. asking price? $1,200. >> the strap doesn't come with ...