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High Bridge Arms was a
/ref> While the owner did not publicly state a reason, media reports connected the closure to the concerns he had voiced several weeks earlier about new city regulations on firearms sales that were being proposed by Board of Supervisors member Mark Farrell. However, in 2018 it was revealed that shortly before the closure,
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High Bridge Arms was a gun shop
A gun shop (also known by various other names such as firearm store and gun store) is a business that sells firearms, such as handguns and long guns, to individuals in an open shopping format. It may also provide repairs for firearms and their pa ...
located in the city of San Francisco
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, California
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.
It was originally opened in the 1950s by Bob Chow, who had competed as a pistol shooter at the 1948 Olympics. It was located at 3185 Mission Street
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in the city's Bernal Heights
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neighborhood.
High Bridge Arms has been a point of controversy as to whether it is creating crime in the area of its location. It closed in the past but was open and licensed as of 2012.
High Bridge Arms closed in late 2015.New Gun Regulations/ref> While the owner did not publicly state a reason, media reports connected the closure to the concerns he had voiced several weeks earlier about new city regulations on firearms sales that were being proposed by Board of Supervisors member Mark Farrell. However, in 2018 it was revealed that shortly before the closure,
ATF
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officials had recommended to revoke the license of High Bridge Arms because of "numerous, repeated serious violations of the Gun Control Act
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by general ...
", including, allegedly, selling a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing it, and selling 71 guns without recording the sale.
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