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Gun Control & RKBA

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7. You should have seen what it was like in Southern California during and after the 1992 L.A. riots

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:42 AM

Jan 2013

Several of my former college classmates bought firearms for the first time after that mess.

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More first time gun buyers? [View all] Lurks Often Jan 2013 OP

in CT a pistol permit is required to simply BUY a handgun, Lurks Often Jan 2013 #5

yes. all sizes, genders, races and ages. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #2

Yea, kind of thinking of the same thing rightsideout Jan 2013 #3

I know lots of first time AR/AK buyers. ileus Jan 2013 #4

After that, some of the new shotgun owners wanted to take their new home ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #11

Sandy, looting? Remmah2 Jan 2013 #8

Saw some reporting in the NY papers Lurks Often Jan 2013 #9

I think a lot of times it isn't reported cmclane28 Jan 2013 #10

It was isolated, but where it was isolated it was really bad. Glassunion Jan 2013 #12

Not so much up here Lurks Often Jan 2013 #14