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RUSK GUN SHOP TO CLOSE AFTER 56 YEARS JUNE MARKED THE CLOSING OF ONE OF THE FEW GUN SHOPS LEFT IN THE DANE COUNTY AREA.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
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Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
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July 1, 2007
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Byline: Barry Adams
TOWN OF MIDDLETON -- The location of Rusk Gun Shop is deceiving but important.
Located across the street from Woodman 's and about 100 yards off Gammon Road, the gun shop at 6904 Watts Road would appear to be in the city of Madison.
Instead, the shop is on an island of land in the town of Middleton.
It's been 33 years since the Madison City Council passed an ordinance banning the sale of handguns. A few years after the measure's approval, the gun shop moved from its Lakeside Street location across the street from Franklin Elementary School.
The move to a then more rural area came at a time when deer hunting was allowed on land, near ...
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