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The dark side.(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)
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American Handgunner
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Gary
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For years I've been firmly in the auto camp, barely tolerating pictures of wheel guns on your pages and lamenting them taking up space at my favorite local gun shop. Oh, what a happy life I was enjoying. Then, one dark and stormy day the mailman leaves the latest issue of Handgunner. What's this--a .45 ACP revolver with coolness written all over it? So with trepidation I crack open to the article and begin to read. Clint's behind all this tom-foolery? Shake it off, shake it off, I say to myself. I'm okay now ... ...
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St. Paul gun shop once again target of controversy.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
August 8, 1996 ;
Lonetree, Anthony;
451 words
......moving target. A three-year battle over a Midway area gun shop was renewed in St. Paul Wednesday with a neighborhood...occupying a newer, stranger position. That is, that the gun shop is not a gun shop after all, at least according to a city ordinance...
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Police urge gun shop to boost security.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
May 4, 2000 ;
Cliatt, Cass;
387 words
......stolen in multiple burglaries of an Elgin gun shop, expressing concerns that one of the guns...encouraging the owner of B&L Rod & Gun Shop, 557 N. McLean Blvd., to add security...stole at least a dozen handguns from the gun shop, four months after more than 20 hand guns...
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Riverdale Mayor defends gun shop, says "people kill" not guns
Chicago Defender;
June 29, 2007 ;
Chaney, Kathy;
367 words
......mayor of South Suburban Riverdale, where a gun shop has been the target of several anti-gun...said the focus should shift away from the gun shop and emphasize "solving the social ills...the last two months outside of Chuck's Gun Shop, 14310 Indiana Ave., were led by Rev...
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Protests relentless against gun shop
Chicago Defender;
July 2, 2007 ;
Chaney, Kathy;
412 words
......when they arrived in front of Chuck's Gun Shop to hold a prayer vigil last week. The...the fourth demonstration outside of the gun shop since May. John Riggio, Chuck's owner...Safety Foundation. The study said the gun shop sold 2,370 firearms between 1996 and 2000...
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Mom protests gun shop as team sponsor in Lakeville; Logo on shirt is...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
May 23, 1998 ;
Haga, Chuck;
478 words
......league team's sponsor: J and S Custom Gun Shop in Lakeville. Shandel Schellinger directed her son to wear his shirt so the gun shop logo wouldn't appear, and she asked the...board voted unanimously not to drop the gun shop. Schellinger was not available for comment...
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RUSK GUN SHOP TO CLOSE AFTER 56 YEARS SATURDAY WILL MARK THE CLOSING OF...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
June 8, 2007 ;
787 words
......608-252-6148 ***** CORRECTION: Others owned gun shop with Pearson. Walter W. Pearson bought the Rusk Gun Shop in 1964 with his brother Richard Pearson...TOWN OF MIDDLETON -- The location of Rusk Gun Shop is deceiving but important. Located across...
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Gun shop dispute could go to court
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
July 17, 2002 ;
PETER J. SAMPSON, STAFF WRITER;
586 words
...00-00-0000 Gun shop dispute could go to court -- Ridgefield...RIDGEFIELD - The dispute over the opening of a gun shop near an elementary school could soon...than 100 supporters and opponents of the gun shop, the board granted an appeal filed in...
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Parents Take Aim at Gun Shop Near School
Chicago Sun-Times;
August 13, 1992 ;
Frank Burgos;
407 words
......actually were trying out pistol grips at the gun shop, they went, pardon the expression, ballistic...officials, unnerved by the proximity of the gun shop to the school, unveiled a proposal to...the federal law. Ironically, though, a gun shop may operate legally near a school as ...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson arrested at gun shop demonstration
Sunday Gazette-Mail;
June 24, 2007 ;
The Associated Press;
163 words
......demonstration outside a south suburban gun shop and charged with one count of criminal...move away from the entrance to Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale, police said. He has protested...intended target. Jackson, who says the gun shop's proximity to Chicago provides gang members...
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Weapons Stolen From Gun Shop;Burglars Knock Out Walls of Neighboring...
The Washington Post;
October 20, 1990 ;
Veronica T. Jennings;
319 words
......rifles, have been stolen from a Wheaton gun shop by burglars who entered through the roof...suspects. The burglars deactivated the gun shop's alarm system, police said. The stolen...ammunition, clips and binoculars from the gun shop. The shop's owner, who declined to give...
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CCRKBA Drafts Legislation to Stop Jackson-Style Gun Shop Protests
U.S. Newswire;
June 26, 2007 ;
493 words
......continued protests at a suburban Chicago-area gun shop, the Citizens Committee for the Right...Pfleger, have been conducting at Chuck's Gun Shop in suburban Riverdale for the past three...Nobody is saying Jackson can't protest a gun shop," Gottlieb added. "We are, however, seeking...
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APPROVAL OF GUN SHOP APPEARS CONSISTENT WITH TOWN ORDINANCE
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
November 21, 2001 ;
278 words
......11-21-2001 Neighbors who don't like a gun shop should focus efforts on home-occupation...New England Arms Co., a family-owned gun shop, had been operating in Kittery for nearly...the home of the business owner. When the gun shop's new proprietor, Jack Dudley, agreed...
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RUSK GUN SHOP TO CLOSE AFTER 56 YEARS JUNE MARKED THE CLOSING OF ONE OF...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
July 1, 2007 ;
732 words
......TOWN OF MIDDLETON -- The location of Rusk Gun Shop is deceiving but important. Located across...and about 100 yards off Gammon Road, the gun shop at 6904 Watts Road would appear to be...years after the measure's approval, the gun shop moved from its Lakeside Street location...
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Gun shop owner sues St. Paul over license denial.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
June 20, 1997 ;
Smith, Mary Lynn;
282 words
......the four-year battle between St. Paul gun shop owner Gregg Perkins and a group of Hamline-Midw...challenges the city's ability to license gun shop owners. The suit also claims the city...City Council Member Bobbi Megard said the gun shop, which opened in 1993, was a nuisance...
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Gun shop loses zoning appeal: Citizens group praises ruling
Michigan Chronicle;
November 13, 2001 ;
Amick, Marcus;
343 words
...Amick, Marcus Michigan Chronicle 11-13-2001 Gun shop loses zoning appeal: Citizens group praises...successful in their recent effort to prevent a gun shop from opening in an east side neighborhood. The gun shop applicant lost an appeal with Detroit's...
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