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General Manager Neal Davis, left, and Roy Murphy package a gun for a customer at
Bob’s Gun Shop on Oct. 12, 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia. (Billy Schuerman / The
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By Peter Dujardin | pdujardin@dailypress.com | Staff writer
October 29, 2023 at 10:44 a.m.

NORFOLK — The right to bear arms — enshrined in the Bill of Rights — is arguably
part of our national DNA.

About a third of American adults, or 85 million people, now own a gun, according
to a recent Gallup survey.

Marijuana is a hugely popular pastime, too. About 17% of U.S. adults — or 44
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