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NYT Investigates Web Gun Business

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Finds it's easy to buy illegally.

Wanna buy an AK-47, no questions asked? It’s dead easy, so to speak. A powerful investigative report by The New York Times identifies, with names and mugshots, the kind of people who are cheering congressmen fighting tighter background checks: assorted felons, killers, and fugitives. They get the weapons of their choice through online “private party” deals.

Read it at The New York Times

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