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At least 21 people were killed [33 by latest count] Monday in twin shootings on the Virginia Tech campus — the worst school shooting incident in U.S. history. “Some victims were shot in a classroom,” university police Chief Wendell Flinchum said. The lone gunman is also dead, Flinchum added. Source

And, of course, the Virginia Tech campus […]

I will be away from the blog this week. My brother-in-law is gravely ill. He’s three years younger than I am and he may die at any moment. I hope to get the weekly news out, but it will probably be a day or two late.
Situations such as this tend to remind us of the […]

Volume 248, 4/7/07
COLT SINGLE-SHOT DERRINGER AND PROGRESShttp://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2007/04/stuff.html
WINCHESTER RAMPS UP RIMFIRE LINE WITH NEW PRODUCT AND PACKAGINGhttp://tinyurl.com/33kl4y
REMINGTON HAS BEEN SOLD!http://tinyurl.com/3yka2g
TOP COPS FAVOR CONCEALED CARRYhttp://tinyurl.com/yony8r
GUN PURCHASES UP 200 PERCENT IN THE BIG EASYhttp://tinyurl.com/2y3tc5
AMMO COSTS ON THE RISELaw agencies’ budgets take a hithttp://tinyurl.com/2fjzp5
JUDGE DENIES RESTRAINING ORDER IN RED’S TRADING POST GUN SHOP […]

2 Apr 07
My friends with big gun retailer in Oklahoma City, OK tell me that the one gun they sell more of than any other, week in and week out, is the S&W642 Snubby 38Spl revolver!
Many want to “go armed,” and they think a five-shot snubby in a pocket provides what they need. […]

Gun Used In Self-Defense? Tell ‘20/20′!
April 6, 2007 — Have you ever defended yourself from a crime in your home, in your business, or in public by using a gun? Perhaps you warded off a potential attacker by simply showing a gun?
40 states now allow their citizens to obtain conceal-carry permits for […]

Sixty-four-year-old Vivian Westerman couldn’t seem more peaceful. She’s a New Orleans artist, sculptor and a vegetarian, but don’t cross her.

The former gun control advocate is now the proud owner of a 38-Smith and Wesson. She said she has changed her tune since Katrina, committing herself to be prepared to ward off future looters […]

From Of Arms and The Law

CNN program on Roanoke Times revealing CCW permit lists
Posted by David Hardy · 3 April 2007 11:46 AM
CNN has a VERY good program on the Roanoke Times having “outed” CCW permittees.
The reporter who outed them claimed to have been receiving threats after that, and then that a […]

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