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Posted on 05/22/2009 5:10:12 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Sheri Ellis of Quilcene recently stopped at Bear Arms looking for a fishing license for her 11-year-old son and walked out of the Hadlock gun shop ready to buy a Ruger revolver.
Donna Prater, who lives on the Toandos Peninsula and was with Ellis that particular spring day, tried and liked a Ruger as well.
Coincidentally, gun shop owner Nate Bryant had just been talking with several visitors about women buying guns in Jefferson County and offering his take on why concealed pistol license applications are up this year - by 35 percent over last year.
As of the end of April 2009, 201 people, including Ellis and Prater, had applied for concealed pistol licenses in Jefferson County.
And the numbers are growing.
In all of 2008, 443 people had applied for pistol permits or renewals.
So what's triggered the sudden interest in carrying a concealed handgun?
The double murder in Quilcene in March of two beloved members of the community?
The election of Democrat Barack Obama as president? A liberal Congress? The troubled economy?
Or all of the above?
"It's more of the current administration that makes me want to get" a concealed pistol permit, said Prater. She said she's concerned that the current people in power in Washington, D.C., will try to take away her right to own a gun.
Ellis, mother of Rhody Festival Queen Cecily, agreed and said she also feels strongly about women being able to protect themselves. She carries pepper spray and has a "very long knife" in her purse.
More and more women are coming into Bear Arms, says Bryant, who has owned the shop for seven years. When he first started, women accounted for 10 percent to 15 percent of gun sales. Today, it's up to 25 percent, he says.
(Excerpt) Read more at ptleader.com ...
Its called faith in government. More Americans are beginning to understand, even the fuzzy liberal ones.
What a ludicrous headline - can be read in so many ways.
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