“The battery in the combination keypad was dead, and a person in the store tried to pry the keypad off with a crowbar, which made it unusable even after the battery was changed.”
Yes, as a matter of fact, Eric Swalwell (D, CA) was on several of the news programs stating that the sequester was the reason the ILS was slow in being upgraded.
So a writer from Los Angeles uses the “C” word rather than a non-nondescript phrase like “the holidays” when writing about firearms. Is he trying to make an unsubstantiated association? How does he know they weren’t purchased as presents for Hanukkah or Kwanza, which also fall in December?