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Old June 25th, 2008, 02:15 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Rem514 View Post
To add a little confusion, an article in the June 24th Knoxville News Sentinel (dateline Chattanooga) reports "Safety Department records show applications to carry handguns have dropped slightly between 2005 and 2007". Tennessee Department of Safety spokesman ... said "statewide the number of handgun carry permits issued dropped from 57,044 in 2005 to 51,987 in 2007".
I just saw that too...who knows? The rate of growth may have declined, but the overall numbers of permits is growing. I'll take that!
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