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Collected Item: “New comer”

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New comer

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Meme Saw it on Facebook

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It is a meme describing tens of thousand people buying their first gun during Pandemic. Gun sales skyrocket during coronavirus pandemic, people showing up at the gun store try to buy something before everything is sold out. However, many people live in California have no knowledge of firearm and firearm laws in the state of California, thus some gun owners made this meme to reflect on those people. This picture reflects how people are planning for a bad situation in the future, and many do realize that when the situation is out of control, they are responsible for their own safety.

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Unknown

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2020-04-13
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