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So Very Arizona

by Nick R. Martin

01.08.13 | 12:23 pm

On the second anniversary of the Tucson massacre, one Arizona lawmaker wasn’t going to let the city get away with what he called a “do-gooder, touchy-feely” gun buyback. So he held his own rival event. To buy guns for his own collection.

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Nick R. Martin Nick Martin is an associate editor at TPM in New York City. He came to the site in 2011 as a reporter for TPMMuckraker. Previously, he worked in Arizona, first as a staff reporter for a local newspaper and later as a freelance journalist. He also ran the news blog Heat City. Contact him at nick@talkingpointsmemo.com