Five days later, he bought a Glock 42 .380-caliber pistol from a small gun store in Tucson. The next day, he went back to a Walmart and bought a Savage 64F .22-caliber rifle.

The cost, he said, can add up. Take a Glock G42, recently listed at Arizona gun stores at about $440. The state sales tax is 5.6%. That boosts the cost by about $25.

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