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Search results for "concealed weapon permit" ...
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South Dakotans No. 1 in permits to conceal guns
"The story was the culmination of a major First Amendment project that involved the collection of more than 41,000 state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons. Analysis showed that South Dakota had issued more concealed weapons permits per capita than any state."
Tags: guns; concealed weapon permit; fire arms
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Gun Show Nation
This investigation explores how and why guns have entered national politics. The author traveled to gun shows, gun stores and gun rights meetings in order to chart America's attachment to guns. She shows how that attachment "affected our democracy by undermining our belief in collective solutions for human security."
Tags: guns; second amendment; gun shows; concealed weapons; gun permits; hunting
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Armed and Dangerous
WKMG found the State of Florida issuing concealed weapons permits to people who were prohibited by Federal and state law from even possessing guns because they were involuntarily committed by judges to mental institutions or drug-and-alcohol-treatment centers. The politically potent National Rifle Association and its allies have stifled any discussion in Florida about using public records to check on the mental health of the gun buyers. They claim the information is private, but this investigation shows how easily it could be done--if wanted to. This tape also looks at cases of mentally ill patients who have walked into public places like churches and opened fire to kill people.
Tags: TAPE; gun; National Rifle Association; NRA; mental; Florida; weapon; concealed weapon; permit; judge; mental institution; drug treatment; alcohol treatment; public records; mental health; gun buyer; privacy; concealed weapon permit; drug and alcohol treatment; psychotic disorder; concealed weapon permit holder; concealed weapon permit program; US Marshall Service; kill; concealed firearm; scheme; mental health record; health record; Florida legislature; gun control law; mentally ill; killing
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How One Texan Got a License, Then Killed 2
The Los Angeles Times examines "how the state of Texas has granted hundreds of concealed-weapons permits to citizens with questionable backgrounds."
Tags: firearms; guns; gun licenses; concealed weapons; gun permits; BATF; Texas
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David Kairys Takes Aim
Civil rights attorney David Kairys came up with a novel way to sue gun manufacturers. In a Temple Law Review article, Kairys advocated treating guns as like a public nuisance, much like a "noisy bar" or "crack houses." Kairys is particularly interested in suing the makers of handguns, such as Beretta, Bryco, Colt, Glock and Smith & Wesson. He's had a hard time beating the gun lobby in Pennsylvania, which has the second-largest NRA membership in the nation, and more Pennsylvanians "have permits to carry concealed weapons than in any other state..." According to the ATF, slightly more than 1 percent of the dealers fed more than half the criminal market."
Tags: guns; handguns; legal; lawsuit; NRA; civic lawsuit; nuisance; establishment
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Number of Gun Permits Increases
The Gazette finds the number of concealed weapons permits in Montana has doubled in the last five years, analyzes exactly who in the state has applied for the permits.
Tags: concealed weapons; computer assisted reporting; Montana
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Gun Buyers Choose Compact Weaponry
Gun dealers are choosing to manufacture and market small handguns in light of recent legislation allowing concealed weapons. Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia all passed laws permitting the use of concealed weapons.
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Armed and Dangerous?
All across the country, state legislatures are making it easier for their citizens to carry concealed weapons. In Tennessee more than 32,000 people have gun permits. Often these permits require a safety course, but Williams' investigation discovered that state-certified instructors were willing to cheat on those safety classes.
Tags: TAPE
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No title (id: 9814)
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune reveals how problems in the system of issuing concealed weapons permits has allowed dozens of felons and other violent criminals to legally carry such weapons, Jan. 10, 1993.
Tags: FL Hill 6 pages