Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:05:51 -0500
From: bobhunt@erols.com
Subject: [lpaz-repost] (fwd) Gun sales soar since September 11th attacks
To: Individual-Sovereignty@egroups.com, lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com, american_Liberty@egroups.com, TnLP@egroups.com



NBC Channel 4..WSMV--Nashville, Tenn

Gun sales soar since September 11th attacks

Dennis Ferrier

December 28, 2001

Tennesseans have bought more guns in the past 90 days, than any other 3
months period in state history.  Clearly, September 11th has had an
impact.  And not just on gun sales, but on the number of people getting
a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Kim Parker wears a concealed handgun.  There are another 99 thousand
Tennesseans just like her.  And that's just in the seven years its been
legal.

This year's numbers are stuck in a broken state computer.  But firearms
instructor John M.L.  Brown says when the numbers do come in, this will
be a record year for concealed weapon permits.  I don't think anybody
thinks Osama Bin Laden is going to slide down the chimney, but it renews
the desire for people to take care of themselves.

That's how Kim Parker feels.  September 11th just reinforces her own
resolve to never be a victim.  It seems to me that people have become
more aware of their own vulnerability.  You know sometimes, I leave the
garage door unlocked and I mean that's just one thing.  And we see the
little things in their lives that puts them at risk.

Kim is on to something.  From September first to December first,
Tennesseans bought more than 73 thousand guns.  In the same period last
year: 61 thousand.  Gun sales are up nearly 20%.  Now some people are
going to worry that too many people are carrying guns.  A person with a
permit has gone to the trouble to be law-abiding.  The stats back me up
on that, says Brown.

In fact, nationwide, less than 1 percent of concealed weapons permit
holders have had their permits revoked.  But of course a lot of those 73
thousand guns sold since September 11th went to people without training.

Kim Parker has a message for them: get some training.  I think I was
nervous and scared because I had never held a weapon before.  This had
made me feel safe carrying the arm and I definitely feel safe now.

The state computer that keeps track of handgun carry permits has been
out of commission since May.


























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