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Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Fatally Shoot Each Other During Argument: VPC Concealed Carry Killers August Update

August 30, 2010—Two Florida concealed handgun permit holders who got into a confrontation and shot and killed each other on a neighborhood street are among the additions and updates to Concealed Carry Killers, a Violence Policy Center (VPC) on-line resource that tallies news reports of killings by concealed handgun permit holders.
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Manchester CT Mass Shooting - A VPC Video

August 6, 2010—When Omar Thornton went on his mass killing rampage in Manchester, CT, he chose a locally made product: one of Sturm Ruger's SR9 line of high-capacity semiautomatic pistols. The SR9c was named 2010 "Handgun of the Year." Handgun of the Year. Mass Shooting of the Week.
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VPC Executive Director on The Huffington Post

Rude Awakening: Two CCW Holders Kill One Another

August 31, 2010—Earlier this year, Florida concealed handgun permit holder Robert G.Webster and his wife were returning home from a visit to the doctor when he got into a confrontation with neighbor and fellow concealed handgun permit holder Charles E. Ingram, 57.
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