Person of the Day: Anonymous Gun Merchant

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ANONYMOUS GUN MERCHANT in Roanoke, Virginia, who, 5 weeks ago, sold Cho Seung Hui a 9mm Glock, which Cho would use in his Virginia Tech massacre on Monday, for $571. Common sense would have a person like this in treatment and barred from gun purchases. The Commonwealth of Virginia, it seems, sees it the other way around.

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