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Fear and Loading

The 12-gauge shotgun is the weapon of choice for many hunters. But this advertisement for KelTec’s recently released KS7 is not aimed at them. While 30 percent of Americans say they own a gun, only 4 percent actually hunt. Reflecting this fact, the KS7 doesn’t look like your traditional Remington shotgun; instead, with its bullpup design and long pistol grip, it adopts the look and feel of an assault weapon. Bullpup formats—in

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