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comment by kleinbl00

    Arms dealer Cliff Pfleger (right) shows off one of the most popular weapons: a Mossberg 500.

I think it's worth noting that seeing the phrase "arms dealer" gave me pause. Acceptable phrasing includes "gun dealer" "gun shop" "sporting arms dealer" and I've even seen "broker in sporting weapons." "Arms dealers" are guys like Adnan Khashoggi and Viktor Bout, not Lynnwood Gun. No, no. Those aren't "Arms dealers", what is this a third world country?

I'll bet Google Translate is region sensitive. Here the phrase is

    Store owners testify to empty warehouses and ammunition droughts in the wake of the pandemic and the violent protests - and more Americans are arming themselves for the very first time.