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My wife and I recently applied for our carry permits in Londonderry, NH. We are both 49 years old with no arrests in our lives. Not even traffic violations. For both of us, this is a renewal. My permit was issued in 3 days. My wife just received the following letter from the chief of Police William R. Hart...

"Sheila (not even Mrs. X),
In reference to your recent application to carry a concealed weapon, I would like to set up a meeting with you before issuing the permit.

Feel free to contact me to set up an appointment at your convenience."

Those of you who know me, know this is one of my pet peeves. Some people think that only the police should have guns. Imagine if that were true, in light of the following story:

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Forget the rhetoric on both sides after last year's Heller decision. So far, at least, there seems to be few state or federal gun-related laws -- except, perhaps for a complete handgun ban -- that U.S. courts are willing to strike down as unconstitutional.

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This may seem a little off-topic, but bear with me.

Most of you have probably noticed the sluggish behavior of sites this weekend such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and others. This is due to a "cyber attack" (as the media calls it) that is taking place with remnants of the former Soviet Union. It has to do with someone who is not happy with the way the government is doing something, and the government is attempting to silence him by crashing the web sites that let him post his opinions.

Before you think this is about free speech, and our beloved First Amendment, let me tell you why it is on a Second Amendment web page here.

This is a site that you should consider joining and reading: http://www.resistnet.com/group/iresistguncontrol

They are part of Resist Net, which resists the current administration's effort to turn the USA into a socialist state. This particular group regards gun rights under attack in that process. I've been a member of this group for quite a while, and they are one of the Good Guys.

This is from their site: