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Don Davis is the owner of Don's Guns and Galleries, a firearms retailer in Indianapolis, Indiana. Davis claims to be the largest independent gun dealer in the United States,〔"As Expiration Looms, Gun Ban's Effect Is Debated", ''The New York TImes'', 10 September 2004.〕 and his store has been called the largest public display of firearms in America.〔"To protest killings, owner of gun shop burns assault rifles", ''Post Tribune (IN)'', 31 October 1993.〕 At one point in time, Davis operated multiple stores in the Indianapolis area. The stores were then open 24 hours a day. On October 8, 1997, Davis's suburban Indianapolis store located in the city of Greenwood, Indiana, was robbed with an employee was shot and killed.〔"Murder Suspect Eludes Cops", 'Chicago Tribune' 8 October 1997 http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-10-08/news/9710080030_1_weapons-pistols-gun-store〕 Soon after the tragic incident, Don closed all except for the Lafayette Road store. While no longer open 24 hours a day, this flagship store has continued to experience shootings and attempted robberies, with the most recent shooting occurring September 17, 2012. A customer visiting the store to utilize its indoor shooting range intentionally shot a store employee twice. The employee immediately returned fire, killing his attacker.〔(Two shot at Don's Guns; one dead ) WTHR 13 website〕 Davis was named in the ''top 5 dealers who sell guns to criminals'' by the United States Department of Justice, ranked at #4 in the US.〔(WTHR.com )〕 He has said that the problem is not with him selling the guns, which requires FBI screening, but with those who purchase them privately reselling them, which he describes as a major loophole in the gun control laws. This, despite a fairly common impression among area residents that Davis caters to a less than upstanding clientele, largely profiting from inflated sales prices to people that have been described as dubious.〔Indy Gun Shop Series: Don’s Guns, 28 January 2008, Indy Gun Shop Series: Don’s Guns http://www.gunnuts.net/2008/01/28/indy-gun-shop-series-dons-guns/〕 Davis was a vocal proponent of the Brady Bill, who went so far as to burn all of his military-style semiautomatic firearms on national television while the bill was being debated in congress. Davis has since discredited the Brady Bill as largely ineffective, because of the wording of the bill, which does not ban guns by type or firing capacity, but rather by specific technical attributes.〔"High Demand for Assault Weapons", ''Indianapolis Star'', 19 August 2004.〕 Davis is locally known for his late night television commercials. Indianapolis Magazine voted his commercials as worst Indianapolis based commercials in 1984 and 1985. Davis traditionally ends all commercials with his slogan, "I don't want to make any money. I just love to sell guns he-he-he."〔(Don's Gun Garage Band Commercial )〕 Davis was interviewed by NPR's Michele Norris on ''All Things Considered'' to discuss the sunset of the Brady Bill. He had previously been interviewed by Paula Zahn on CNN's ''Paula Zahn Now''. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Davis (gun retailer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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