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>> the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. >> my god, somebody fired a shot! >> these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i'm afraid to let my kids walk out the door. >> the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. >> step out, mr. bundy. >> i'll plead not guilty right now. >> there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. >> i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in ame...

>> the statistics were stupendous. violent crime of all kinds were soaring. the spectacles that people were seeing on their tv screen were unlike anything they'd had to absorb before. >> a small grocery store has been robbed. the owner of the grocery store, nathan hurt, has been shot and killed. >> what happened? >> as i understand, a man came into the store, and he had a gun and asked for money. and my grandfather reached for a gun he had and grabbed at the man's gun, and it went off, or he shot it twice, and my grandfather fell to the floor. >> why did he feel he had to have a gun? >> becaus...

Now william rubiak has bought a gun, and he says next time he will use it. >> i will shoot, and i will shoot to kill. >> fear is the biggest seller of guns. studies have shown each urban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. >> we have german lugars, derringers, small revolvers, magnums. some of these saturday night specials are small. they can be palmed in your hand. >> it was shortly after 10:00 california time when the president left his hotel. not seen by the following cameras but spotted by secret service agent larry buendorf was a hand with a gun in it coming through the ...

Gun he had and grabbed at the man's gun, and it went off, or he shot it twice, and my grandfather fell to the floor. >> why did he feel he had to have a gun? >> because there are so many robberies in this area, and he just thought he needed it for protection. >> today ordinary citizens who would not otherwise dream of having a gun are buying one because they are scared out of their wits. >> william rubiak is a ukrainian immigrant who owns a store outside washington, d.c. he's been robbed at gunpoint four times in the past two years. now william rubiak has bought a gun, and he says next time he...

>> a small grocery store has been robbed. the owner of the grocery store, nathan hurt, has been shot and killed. >> what happened? >> as i understand, a man came into the store, and he had a gun and asked for money. and my grandfather reached for a gun he had and grabbed at the man's gun, and it went off, or he shot it twice, and my grandfather fell to the floor. >> why did he feel he had to have a gun? >> because there are so many robberies in this area, and he just thought he needed it for protection. >> today ordinary citizens who would not otherwise dream of having a gun are buying one bec...