REPORTAGE – While the Biden Administration wants to take advantage of the general outrage over the recent mass shootings to further regulate arms sales, the public gathered at this arms fair seems convinced that it is necessary to be able to defend oneself.
Special correspondent in Oaks (Pennsylvania)
“No picture here!” Dee Ann jumps from her seat when she sees an onlooker draw his smartphone and try to immortalize an anti-tank rifle surmounted by a Ukrainian flag. “If the organization sees you, you’re going to get kicked out right away. We are wary of people who come to scout to come back to burgle this night.
The gunsmith does not want the public to photograph the arsenal exhibited on her stand: assault rifles and shotguns of all kinds, at prices exceeding several thousand dollars for the most sophisticated models. On this rainy Saturday, the Oaks Fairgrounds, a somewhat bombastic term for this large, flat warehouse in the leafy suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, buzzes with gun enthusiasts, Second Amendment advocates of the Constitution and pro-Trump activists perked up like never before.
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