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  Number of licensed gun dealers falls by 79 percent
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DescriptionWASHINGTON -- Tougher laws and stricter enforcement cost nearly 200,000 U.S. gun dealers their licenses since the mid-1990s, a new study shows.

Led by remarkably sharp declines in states including California, Florida and Washington, the number of federally licensed firearms dealers fell 79 percent nationwide since 1994. In that year, Congress adopted new gun-control measures that still spark fiery debate.

"The sharp drop in gun dealers is one of the most important, and little noticed, victories in the effort to reduce firearms violence in America," declared Marty Langley, a policy analyst with the Violence Policy Center.

The decline is undeniable. What it means is more controversial.

"They're trying to pump their stats up," complained Bill Mayfield, a longtime gun dealer in Fresno, Calif. "It looks good, but what they're doing is pursuing an anti-gun, anti-American point of view."
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