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Article: Concealed weapons laws gain ground across nation
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- March 3, 2002
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first shot rang out in Florida 15 years
ago, and the advocates of guns for personal defense never let up.
From state to state the movement spread, a campaign to overturn
laws against carrying concealed weapons and to give residents an
opportunity to pack guns hidden in holsters or purses.
The latest to go concealed: New Mexico.
"The pendulum is swinging the other way now," said Lenexa, Kan.,
antique gun dealer Jim Supica, a member of the National Rifle
Association's board of directors.
One factor fueling the push: changed feelings brought about by the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"I think there is more of a sense of personal vulnerability, a
seriousness of the issue of ...