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Dealers are subject to police inspection of their stock of machine guns, sawed-off rifles, and sawed-off shotguns. Dealers may not sell or otherwise furnish firearms to any person he knows is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm. Criminal background checks of employees of gun dealers are required before they may transfer firearms.
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.
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
Samuel Cummings, (February 7, 1927 – April 29, 1998) was an American small arms dealer. He founded the International Armament Corporation (also known as Interarms or Interarmco) in 1953, a company which came to dominate the free world market in private arms sales. [1]
The top Republican in Virginia's lower house said that any group planning to incite violence at a gun rights rally on Monday in Richmond should stay home.
The Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory Site is a historic archaeological site in Fredericksburg, Virginia.The manufactory was founded in 1775 by Charles Dick and Fielding Lewis, proprietor of the nearby Kenmore Plantation, and brother-in-law to George Washington, to provide guns and ammunition to the Continental Army and state militia during the American Revolutionary War.
A gun-shaped hole became a bizarre sensation in Virginia — and even had its own sidewalk shrine. ... The “gun hole” gained popularity after a photo of the imprint was shared Jan. 26 on X ...
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 ...