
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, June 18, 1995                   TAG: 9506210008
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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CONCEALED WEAPONS

The Roanoke Times & World-News spent three months studying applications for concealed-weapon permits filed in 1994 to learn who's applying, who got them, who didn't and why.

Information for this story was gathered from 459 concealed-weapon applications at 10 courthouses in Western Virginia.

Staff writers Kathy Loan, Shannon Harrington, Laurence Hammack, Sarah Huntley, Todd Jackson, Paul Dellinger and Ron Brown gathered the application information. Loan and copy editor Jim Ellison compiled a database to provide a regional perspective on the numbers.

The Roanoke Times & World-News spent three months studying applications for concealed weapon permits filed in 1994 to learn who's applying, who got them, who didn't and why.

Information for this story was gathered from 459 concealed weapon applications at 10 courthouses in Western Virginia.

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