Houston: At Clear Creek gun range in League City, 10 customers who had never fired a weapon before came in for instruction on Monday. Sales of firearms in America are up 46 per cent from 2010 to 2014. Many of the new customers coming to the Full Armour Gun Range on the Katy Freeway were not the typical hunters, but older women who seemed "scared of what's been going on", said the owner, James Hillin. Shortly afterward, Michael Nunez was signing paperwork to purchase his first ever handgun during a robust day of business at Spring Gun Sales and Ammo. "I want more protection," the 22-year-old oil field inspector said. In the aftermath of yet another mass...
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