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Gun Policy News, 14 December 1998

United States

14 December 1998

States News Service

FORT LAUDERDALE, Miami — Broward County is experiencing a "gun rush." Nearly four-thousand people packed a weekend gun show in Fort Lauderdale compared to fewer than two-thousand who attended a similar weekend event last July. Customers were snatching up weapons before the county's new gun control law takes effect January fifth. The ordinance was approved last Tuesday and is designed to plug a loophole that allowed gun sales at gun shows without waiting periods or... (GunPolicy.org)

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