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At California gun fair, few speak of recent massacres

At California gun fair, few speak of recent massacres

LOS ANGELES: With ammunition, rifles and bulletproof vests on display, business is brisk at a Los Angeles area gun show — so much so you’d never know a mass shooting unfolded nearby just days ago.Thousands of people turned out this weekend in the city of Ontario in California to view dozens of stands at the trade fair called the Crossroads of the West gun show.Women pushing baby strollers looked at small pistols while strapping young men examined military-style semi-automatic rifles that can handle several calibres of ammo. The vibe is cheerful. Kids under 12 get in free.Most people did not want to address the elephant in the room, though, even as the state mourns. A mass shooting at a dance hall in Monterey Park, a 30-minute drive away, left 11 dead on Sept 21. Two days later, another shooter killed seven more people at farms in Half Moon Bay, near San Francisco. In both cases the shooters were elderly Asian men.“Nobody talks about these incidents, but there is a spike in purchases th

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