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Gangster Capitalism S2: The NRA | EP3: Man on the White Horse

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

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Wain La Pierre - The Story of a Gun Shop Owner

The negative aspects of to day's modern weigt, i think, began with a relationship with a fellow named renevos. Renee voss owned a gun shop in alexandria, virginia called old town armory. In the mid 19 eighties, voss approached about a deal to import 200 thousand us. Military surplus m one rifles from south korea,. which could then be sold in american gun stores at a profit of almost 150 million in to day's dollars. Voss ided to spearhead the endeavor, first by starting a company in order to import the guns, and then enlisting wain la pierre as his partner.

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