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NYC-paid private investigators make online gun buys around U.S.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an online gun sting today that found buyers willing to sell weapons to customers who said they couldn?t pass background checks. Among the guns purchased in the undercover

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Dec 14, 2011, 6:55 PM

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