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Las Vegas Valley Gun Sales Not Slowing Down

Because of President Obama’s recent executive actions on gun control, the spike in gun sales throughout the Las Vegas Valley in December might spill over into January.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports last month, the mass shooting in San Bernardino prompted an influx of gun store customers in Las Vegas.

Gun stores generally do brisk sales in December because of the holiday season, but the month’s background check numbers for Nevada gun purchases was well above average.

Nikole Robinson Carroll was a Morning Edition host at KNPR. She also produced segments for KNPR's State of Nevada.
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