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07th Oct 2017

This shocking video sums up America’s gun control problems

The video is so outrageous, you feel like it has to be satire. But that's not the case.

Alan Loughnane

It’s chilling to see…

This video did the rounds in2016 following the mass shooting in Orlando that left 49 people dead, but it’s started to be shared again.

It’s a 2014 segment from HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and shows the shocking ease which someone can purchase a gun in America.

The video shows a 13-year-old boy being refused cigarettes, pornography and alcohol.

But he’s able to buy a gun as the hidden camera shows…

Video via HBOBoxing

Amazingly, it was easier for a 13-year-old boy from Virginia to purchase a gun, a .22 caliber rifle, from a private seller at a gun show than it was for him to buy porn, cigarettes, beer, and lottery tickets.

“It should shoot pretty good for you,” the seller says, handing over the rifle.

“I’ll take it,” Jack says.

According to Virginia State Police, you must be 18 years of age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from a licensed firearms dealer, and you must be at least 21 year of age to purchase a handgun.

The footage above is so outrageous, it feels like it must be a parody, but that isn’t the case.