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US presidential elections
Aug 14 2009, Marco Villa

The election of the first Black president has brought out the extremes in American society. Prior to and after Barack Obama’s election, gun and ammo sales in America reaches record levels with many stores reporting out-of-stock for a few days. Many of...

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