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March 24, 2007 3:21 AM ET New Orleans residents are arming themselves in nation's murder capital NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than a year and a-half after being swamped by Hurricane Katrina, the city's population is only about half the 450-thousand people it had been. But those who are left are buying more guns. Permits to carry concealed weapons are being issued at twice the rate they were before the storm. New Orleans residents see a gun as a hedge against the possibility of anarchy from another storm and as protection against violence that's engulfed the city since Katrina. There have been 37 homicides so far this year. Last year, there were 162 killings. A Tulane University study shows New Orleans' homicide rate is highest in the nation. Gun dealers say sales shot up in the few months after the storm and are still brisk. And they say residents are logging more hours at shooting ranges and firearms classes. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
