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  2. Gun shows in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a gun show is an event where promoters generally rent large public venues and then rent tables for display areas for dealers of guns and related items, and charge admission for buyers. [1] The majority of guns for sale at gun shows are modern sporting firearms. [1] Approximately 5,000 gun shows occur annually in the United ...

  3. Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Tech shooting on April 16, 2007, again brought discussion of the gun show loophole to the forefront of U.S. politics, even though the shooter passed a background check and purchased his weapons legally at a Virginia gun shop via a Wisconsin-based Internet dealer.

  4. Philip Van Cleave - Wikipedia

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    Philip Van Cleave (born 1952 in Kankakee, Illinois) [1] is an American gun rights advocate and the president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). In 2018, he appeared on the show Who is America? where he instructed preschool children how to use guns in a fictitious show.

  5. US to close 'gun show loophole' and require more background ...

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    An estimated 23,000 individuals are engaged in unlicensed gun dealing in the United States, and the rule will impact tens of thousands of gun sales per year, a White House official said.

  6. Tense Virginia gun rally draws everyone from Proud Boys to ...

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  7. Richmond shooting – live: Two dead and five injured in mass ...

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    Eyewitness footage shows the immediate aftermath of a shooting incident in Richmond, Virginia, where a man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a ...

  8. 2020 VCDL Lobby Day - Wikipedia

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    Virginia's Lobby Day is an annual event, held each year on MLK Day and created by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. The annual rally began about 17 years ago. [4] The 2020 rally received international attention and a greater turnout than previous years because a Democratic majority in both the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate was elected in 2019, alongside incumbent Democratic ...

  9. List of U.S. state firearms - Wikipedia

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    In March 2011, Utah adopted the M1911 pistol as its state firearm. This gun was designed by Ogden, Utah native John Browning.The adoption was supported by Republican Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer, who said, "It does capture a portion of Utah's history" and "even bigger than that, it captures a portion of American history."