Buffalo shooting followed tripling of gun sales in 30 years, ATF figures reveal
by Edward Helmore in Buffalo from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZCNJ)
Federal agency reports annual sales rose to 11.5m in 2016, while suspect bought rifle legally despite murder-suicide threat
Gun sales in the US have soared in recent years as the nation struggles to come to terms with the latest mass shooting, a horrific racist attack in Buffalo.
According to new figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the manufacture of firearms has tripled in two decades, and legal sales have risen sharply as well.
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