Brian Maass, CBS4 Denver
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: guy walks into a gun shop, asks for illegal weaponry, leaves with a brand new, supposedly illegal, 30-round magazine. CBS4 investigative reporter Brian Maass has the scoop tonight at 10 p.m. on Channel 4.
An undercover CBS4 producer was able to procure illegal 30-round magazines, in spite of Colorado’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines, no problem. The law is 18 months old, but gun retailers have found ways around it.
From the report:
“We found several shops selling a 30-round magazine…but the magazine has a slight modification, so it only holds 15 round and complies with the letter of the law. But the clerk makes it clear that modification could be removed, transforming the magazine back to 30 rounds.”
Maass reports a store in southern Colorado sells a new high capacity magazine kit, with the pieces sold separately to get around the law.
“It took the clerk 24 seconds to insert the spring in the magazine and we instantly had an illegal, 30-round magazine. Total cost, 25 bucks.”
And so, the November sweeps begin. Ratings will be measured for the next month to set future local advertising rates.
