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Renewed calls for gun control laws spurring gun sales
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Renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws, following a succession of fatal shootings in the United States, immediately appear to be generating a boost for the gun industry. Newly released August records show that the FBI posted 1.7 million background checks required of gun purchasers at federally licensed dealers, the highest number recorded in any August since gun checks began in 1998. The numbers follow new monthly highs for June (1.5 million) and July (1.6 million), a period which spans a series of deadly gun attacks — from Charleston to Roanoke — and proposals for additional firearm legislation.
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laker1
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More than the threat of gun control: 1. Ferguson Riots 2. Prison escapees NY 3. government denigration of cops and resulting pullback of enforcement 4. increase in violent crime in inner cities 5. economy on the edge in major cities and elsewhere 6. black lives matter 6. Black lives matter |
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