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US gun sales soar amid talk of curbs

Published Tue, Dec 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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Randolph Township, US

THE Paris and San Bernardino attacks have fuelled a surge in US gun sales, as Americans seek to protect themselves - and stock up in case lawmakers finally act to tighten firearms controls.

Since a Muslim husband and wife opened fire in California on December 2, killing 14 people and wounding 22 others, sales at the RTSP range in New Jersey - one of the largest centres in the northeastern United States - have surged 50 per cent, according to one of its owners.

"We saw a spike after Paris and San Bernardino even more so," Rick Fr…

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