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News 3 Investigator Zak Dahlheimer picks up our “Trigger Trace” investigation, further explaining what straw purchasing of firearms is and what authorities and guns shop owners in Hampton Roads are seeing. Catch Part 1 of the News 3 Investigation this Wednesday on News 3 at 6.
Concealed carry classes selling out locally following new Virginia law
If you want to get a concealed carry gun permit, you now must take an in-person class to get one Author: Philip Townsend Updated: 5:17 PM EST February 23, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. The new concealed carry law went into effect this January in Virginia.
If you want to get a concealed carry gun permit, you now must take an in-person class to get one. Before January, you could get a permit after completing an online course.
13News Now reached out to local places offering these in-person classes to gauge interest since the change. We heard back from three businesses: Bob’s Gun Shop in Norfolk, Piece Be With You in Williamsburg, and the 1st Virginia Public Safety Training Academy in Virginia Beach.
Gun shops dealing with ammo shortage this holiday season
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - The gun industry has been booming in 2020 but there is also a major ammo shortage, along with other accessories.
Jerry Freeman went to get in his truck after trying to find pellets at Bobâs Gun Shop in Norfolk. He said he had been to three places with no success.
Some of the shelves on the second floor of the shop were even bare.
Owner Steve Dowdy said they have been experiencing a major ammo shortage for months.
He said it first started when people were fearful that the state laws were going to change, making it more difficult to buy certain guns, then COVID-19 hit and then civil unrest in certain areas.