Sounds like common sense is reasserting itself.
The Framers made it the Law of the Land that government cannot take away or restrict the people's right to own and carry guns and other such weapons. In part because they knew that the ONLY protection we really have against thieves, rapists and murderers, is our own vigilance and ability to fight back.
How many of the people applying for these new permits, will use their guns to shoot a bunch of schoolkids?
(Hint: The answer is somewhere between -1 and 1)
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In Newtown, Gun Permits Surge After Shooting - WSJ.com
In Newtown, Gun Permits Surge After Shooting
Residents Cite Desire for Protection, a Rush to Buy Before Tighter Rules Kicked In.
By JOSEPH DE AVILA
and ALISON FOX
July 31, 2013, 7:39 p.m. ET
NEWTOWN, Conn.—The number of people seeking permits to buy guns has surged in this town following the December massacre of schoolchildren by a local man, even as the parents of some victims had urged stricter weapons laws nationwide.
Through July 24, more than 200 people in Newtown have received new local pistol permits, according to a review of local records, surpassing the 171 new permits issued for all of last year. Such permits are prerequisites for Connecticut permits that allow people to purchase and carry pistols as well as rifles or shotguns. The rise in Newtown comes in tandem with a general upswing in gun sales nationwide and in Connecticut, which passed tough firearm restrictions after Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14. It was the nation's worst shooting of young children.
The local surge is especially sensitive in Newtown. The town of about 28,000, approximately 75 miles northeast of New York City, has a sizable population of hunters and sportsmen as well as a base of politically active gun-control advocates that has organized since the Sandy Hook shooting. "I think people realize that you can't call the police all the time and expect them to save you," said Newtown resident Bill Stevens, 48 years old, an avid hunter who owns more than a dozen firearms. "It's sinking in to some folks that 'I need to take responsibility for keeping my family safe.' "
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