O Pennsylvania London/Kansas city, Missouri (Reuters) - gun fans packed with display (Saturday) in all parts of the country to buy offensive weapons, they worry that will soon be banned school children in Connecticut massacre tip more strict requirements of the control of guns.
Reuters to Pennsylvania, Missouri and Texas gun shows, found that long lines out of the door, dealers booth crowd, in a hurry to buy offensive weapons, even at a higher price, some of the dealer sales.
The busiest table RK guns and knives exhibition in the exhibition center nearby Kansas city, Missouri airport near the entrance to provide an offensive weapon.
Western plains, Missouri dealer Keith gun sell for about twenty AR - 15 type assault rifle in a little more than a hour, the boss Keith gray said.
AR - 15 type assault weapons between gun, authorities believe the criminal suspect Adam gadahn, lanza stole his mother in the holocaust and child and six adult in Newtown, Connecticut primary school on December 14,.
Killing innocent children in school shocked the whole country, and prompted some politicians, including the United States President barack Obama called for the ban on, allow fast firing multiple bullet offensive weapons and ammunition clip.
Not tighten gun ownership restrictions, powerful lobby gun rights, the national rifle association, last Friday at each school armed guards.
DR Woody are those that have the ability to buy weapons attack on Saturday in Kansas city show one of the city. He bought a gun, shooting, because he is worried that they will soon be banned. "I didn't expect to find a not already have them, said:" the woody AR - 15 type gun.
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In Pennsylvania Allentown, Shirley TangLi, gun shop boss from the nearby KuiKeDui customers in an endless stream, there is a story is the same. "Everyone wants to offensive weapons," she said, and added that she has sold more than 100 Connecticut tragedy, because this type of gun. "I sold out."
Attack weapon is a broad term, usually refers to the semi-automatic or automatic weapons, which can be launched multiple bullet quickly. From 1994 to 2004, more than ten bullets certain offensive weapons and ammunition clips are illegal.
The ban was allowed to expire, republican George w. bush in the White House.
Offensive weapons of the price has gone up, because the Connecticut shooting. In Kansas city exhibition, Jerome - pull, the husband bought AR - 15 (Saturday) for target practice, pay $925. The same model will cost about $400 a year ago, he said. Most of the models sold for $1500 or above.
Bob's meister said, his wife has multiple cutting table in Kansas city show city sports, a gun dealer, business in the past week sold 15 to twenty AR - 15.
Hoff meister said: "some people just want to show that they have the right to guns,".
The second revision of the constitution of the United States to ensure the right to bear arms, and more limited in the program QiangQiang fan said last Saturday, will not stop mass killing, such as Connecticut.
Adam Ouart Texas Mansfield, standing in a line, and the other a dozen people in fort leavenworth, Texas isolated star display, want to buy a gun.
"The answer is not limited to people have a gun, if someone want to hurt others, they will find a way to do this," Ouart said.
In the program of the interview several dealers and purchasers of support the NRA suggested that the armed guards in the school.
More than 200 people queuing, every three entrances (Saturday) morning eight yuan membership fee paid will Rogers memorial center in fort worth, one of the exhibition hall across 25 acres of. Their performance and crowded corridor stood two deep booth, offensive weapons and ammunition clip.
In all three performances, the vast majority of participants for white men, some women and ethnic minorities.
GUN SHOW "leak"
Being held in the United States each year hundreds of thousands of gun show. Under federal law, authorized dealer must be sold to the buyer in gun show in front of the background check.
But critics of so-called "holes", some gun control advocates want close, no card collector and other private sales does not require background check.
In the seven gun show New York city 2009 years of undercover investigation found that 63% of the seller "good faith" test failed to sell weapons to the buyer admitted that he may not be able to through the background check.
Pennsylvania TangLi dealers, said on Saturday, telephone, etc., for the dealer get through the national police force, provide background check, because the Connecticut shooting from 15 minutes up to 45 minutes.
Although the program interviewed most people don't support gun control, not all people are against some rules.
Bruce abreu west Texas in the exhibition through 30 minutes of background check and assault rifles blowback away.
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