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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
7
The Gun Control Act of 1968 restricts imports of cheap concealable handguns, but domestic production and foreign parts assembly rise to an estimated 500,000 pistols annually. Imperial Metal Products plans about 200,000 units yearly in New York, while a Miami firm matches that capacity, signaling a sharp shift in handgun supply.
Exclusive: Saul Eig, owner of Miami based Big Cutlery Inc plans to boost annual production by 100,000 firearms while converting a former Pentecostal church site into a gun factory. Titan Manufacturing Corp and several other firms are already producing 25 caliber semi autos from Italian and American parts. Imports from West Germany Italy and Spain fueled a surge before and after the Gun Control Act of 1968. Domestic makers now race to fill demand as police report Boehm and copy guns in widespread use.
Detective on the homicide squad notes two weeks of evidence of Boehm guns while Frank Connolly, supervisor of the Ballistics Section, states roughly 30 percent of New York police seizures totaling 7,000 to 8,000 yearly are German manufactured revolvers, Roehm range. He adds zip guns are rare now and explains the cheaper guns come from corners for quick five dollar buys.
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