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There are more places to buy guns in the United States than there are Starbucks worldwide

Jun 13, 2016
Back to the beginning of the program: gun violence… In which I repeat myself from our broadcast of Dec. 14 2012, the day of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary. I noted that day in our search for some way to quantify what had happened, that there were then more places to buy a firearm in this country than there […]
Brandon Wexler demonstrates for a customer at a store in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2016.
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Just who is a "gun dealer"?

Jan 5, 2016
If more people who sell guns are required to get federal licenses, more buyers will get background checks