Hardly a week had passed since New York’s new gun laws went into effect when Middletown Gun Show vendor Dom Dimare started to feel the impact on his business.
Sales on both semiautomatic rifles and ammunition have dropped, Dimare told The Epoch Times during a weekend gun show in the city of Middletown on Sept. 10.
Dimare is a trainer with Master Arms, a gun dealer based in Sloatsburg, New York.
Under the new laws, people must apply for a semiautomatic rifle license before purchasing ammunition. Sellers also must keep a detailed record of every purchase.
“If you are a competitive shooter, you can easily go through a thousand rounds in a week,” Dimare said. “People are worried that if they buy a lot of ammo, the government might investigate their records.”…