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Gun sales surge on change in Missouri law

Posted by simonov on 10 September 2007

From the St Louis Post-Dispatch:

A new Missouri law that eliminated a time-consuming permit process has fueled a surge in handgun sales across the St. Louis area.

Gun shop owners and salespeople say business is up at least 20 percent since the Aug. 28 change. No longer do buyers have to seek permission from their county sheriff before buying a handgun. Also gone is the $10 fee paid for each permit.

Missouri? Holy cow, we’re they a slave state back in the day?

The idea behind the previous system was that a county sheriff’s department would do its own investigation of an individual’s background before issuing a permit. This was in addition to the FBI background check that accompanies every handgun purchase.

Good riddance to a dumb — and potentially discriminatory — law.

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