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The growing business of carrying concealed weapons

John Woods — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:00:39 +0000

A new cottage industry is expanding in Mississippi. Believe it or not certified trainers and training courses for this new phenomenon are popping up all over the Metro area and indeed statewide. It’s not sales training, or a pyramid marketing scheme for a new seaweed energy drink or life insurance sales. Well, come to think [...]

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Concealed weapon permits spike; more than doubled in five years

Associated Press — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:31:51 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The number of people applying in Mississippi for a concealed weapon permit more than doubled from 2008 to 2012, according to figures released by the Department of Public Safety. Department spokesman Warren Strain said December 2012 saw the largest spike in the last five years, with 1,747 applications. Strain said total applications [...]

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TAKE 2: Bring it on — But the gun culture in America has got to change

Ross Reily — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:10:55 +0000

I know the usual defense of guns, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Yeah. Yeah. But it’s harder to kill someone with a baseball bat than with a gun. A baseball bat doesn’t go off accidentally, and it’s hard to get in multiple rounds on a baseball bat in a few short seconds. >> [...]

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GUNS, AMMO & OBAMA: Post-election firearms economics creating anxiety among buyers, sellers

Ted Carter — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:34:26 +0000

The promoter who puts on the most gun shows each year in Mississippi says the re-election of President Obama and the law of supply-and-demand have combined to create an uncertain future for promoters such as himself. The viability of the 10 shows David Chancellor presents each year hinges on meeting the expectations of customers who [...]

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NANCY ANDERSON: Gun culture has got to change in America

Nancy Anderson — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:23 +0000

I don’t like guns. My father had an old shotgun he kept in the closet, unloaded of course. He was a country boy who never took to hunting, so I had no experience with firearms and the sport surrounding their use. Two husbands, no hunters. When I married Ken, he had a small handgun. He [...]

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Ole Miss rejects gun shop owner’s sponsorship offer

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:56:45 +0000

OXFORD — University of Mississippi officials say they are protecting its brand by refusing to allow an Oxford gun shop owner to sponsor a university hockey club. And, university attorney Lee Tyner tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal no student organization is authorized to sell sponsorships that pair one of the university’s logos with that [...]

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The gun owners I know do not cause me fear

For the MBJ — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:01:00 +0000

Editor, Your response to Sen. Merle Flowers proposed bill has little to do with being anti-business and nothing whatsoever to affecting or not affecting a recession. The anti-gun rhetoric from the left is the same worn excuse it has always been. Somehow an in-animate object is magically going to be a threat to society and [...]

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Starbucks asks not to be center of gun debate

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:05:41 +0000

Coffee chain Starbucks Inc. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it’s legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate. The statement stems from recent incidents when gun owners have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that [...]

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