. >> looking for a small .357 or .38 caliber revolver, preferably made by ruger. oh here it is. this is the weapon that peter used to kill zakiya lawson. handguns are the most common weapon used in domestic violence homicides. >> this is armslist, it's the largest online gun site in the country. >> i'm looking for a cheap handgun for around .150 and $250. he's laying the money on the bed. this is completely unregulated. anyone can buy from a private party here without going through a background check. private sales can be completely anonymous -- no id, no background check, no records. >> critics call this the "private sale" loophole, an estimated 40 percent of gun sales that are largely invisible. >> we'd been told that south carolina's weak gun laws contributed to its high rate of domestic homicide. so our crew took a hidden camera to a gun show to see if buying a gun illegally was as easy as sources said. licensed dealers are required to run federal background checks and keep records of sales. we'll stop at a private sellers table >> what's required for the purchase, what do y

. >> looking for a small .357 or 38 caliber resolver, preferly made by ruger. this is the weapon that peter used to kill her. >> handguns are the most common weapon used in domestic violence homicides. this is the largest on line gun site in the country. i'm looking for a cheap handgun to around $150. he's laying the money on the bed, completely unregulated, anyone can buy through a private party without going through a background check. >> private sales can be anonymous, no i.d., background checks or records. critics call this the privacy loophole, 40% have gun sales that are largely invisible. we've been told he that south carolina gun laws contribute to its high rate of domestic homicide. our camera took a gun to a gun show. licensed dealers are required to run background checks and keep track of sales. >> what's required for the purchase? what do you need from us? >> show me you're a south carolina resident and show me money. private sales between individuals can be done within the state. >> within the state, ok. >> not across state lines. >> we find anothe

. >> the other place to look is ruger. i would look at cabela's. and dick's had a pop today.>> got it. big tobacco may mean mergers. don't laugh. yesterday, we flagged the story that reynolds american is making a bid for lorillard. and that might not be the last merger you see. joining us is john. could it pass through antitrust concerns? >> it makes a lot of sense. these guys have just about any kind of overlap you can imagine. the synergy is going to be massive. there's a question whether any trust regulators would approve this. when you combination these two, they will have 40% of market share. altria has 50%. they would be second-largest. >> how could we say there would be more mergers beyond this? >> you have to look at british america tobacco. on july 30th, that will be allowed, if they like, to make a hostile bid for the rest of it. they could make a friendly deal. they're not going to let this happen. they've had a position since they merged their brian williamson unit with r.j. reynolds. if this deal happens, there's a good chance reynolds will use stock. in that cas

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shotguns, mini-rugers, rifles. >> kroft: loaded?> garriola: loaded, ready to go. >> kroft: what had started out as a routine day for special agent scott garriola, who was in charge of hunting fugitives in l.a., would turn into one of the most interesting days of his career. after getting a call to stake out a building in santa monica, he notified his backup team with the l.a.p.d. >> garriola: i had four guys working that day, and i said, "we got a tip on whitey bulger, and i'll see you there in about an hour." and invariably the texts return, "who's whitey bulger?" >> kroft: really? >> garriola: yeah, a few of them. so i had to remind them... gently remind them who whitey bulger was. >> kroft: that he was number one of the fbi's most wanted list. >> garriola: number... number one. number one, yeah. big east coast figure, but... so, on the west coast, not so much. >> kroft: the cops in l.a. were focused on gangbangers and cartel members, not some retired irish mobster who hadn't been spotted in 16 years. but then, few mobsters have e

happens representative columns is right mistakes happen when you're dealing with weapons like the ruger semiautomatic handgun she had her purse at the end result isn't always as innocuous as what happened in iraq on tuesday ultimately guns are dangerous tools created for one purpose and one purpose alone killing it all too often a mistake with a firearm cause a serious injury or death number of unintentional gun deaths every year hovers or so around several hundred gun policy dot org there were five hundred fifty four accidental gun deaths in two thousand and nine six hundred six in two thousand and ten this isn't just in the united states and eight hundred fifty one in two thousand and eleven tragically children are often the victims mother jones estimates that of the one hundred ninety four kids killed in the year after the newtown massacre almost half eighty four were killed by accident of those eighty four children one of them was three year old ryder rozier who shot himself with a loaded gun found in his uncle's bedroom another was six year old brandon hole who was shot and killed