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ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Gun Store Burglary
20 Firearms Stolen From Licensed Dealer.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

BALTIMORE, MD --(AmmoLand.com)-  Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Theresa R. Stoop of the Baltimore Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the burglary of The Bank, a federally licensed firearms (FFL) dealer, located at 323 St. John Street, Havre de Grace, Maryland.

On September 3, 2009, after regular business hours, someone forcibly broke into and entered the gun dealer’s business and stole 20 firearms including pistols and revolvers.

“We take this crime very seriously,” said SAC Stoop. “There are 20 firearms on the street, with the strong potential of being sold to or used by other criminals. Firearms trafficking is a serious offense which results in significant federal prison time for the person or persons responsible.”

The burglary is being investigated by ATF’s Firearms Trafficking Team (FTT), the Harford County Sheriff’s Department, the Havre de Grace Police Department and the Aberdeen Police Department. Anyone with information about this crime may report it to the following agencies:

• ATF Baltimore Field Office: (443) 965-2154
• ATF Gun Hotline: (800) ATF-GUNS or (800) 283-4867
• Havre de Grace Police Department: (410) 939-2121

All information will be treated confidentially and the callers will remain anonymous upon request.

ATF is the federal agency with jurisdiction for investigating federal firearms violations and regulating the firearms industry. More information on ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.

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200,000 Ohioans Now Have Concealed Handgun Licenses

Ohioans For Concealed Carry

Ohio --(AmmoLand.com)- On Friday the Ohio Attorney General’s Office Released the 2009 Annual Report on Concealed Handgun Licenses, and the numbers are quite impressive.

By the end of the 2009 calendar year almost 200,000 Ohioans had been issued a license since 2004.

2009 was the single most popular year with over 50,000 new licenses issued. Approximately 28% of licenses issued since the inception of concealed carry in Ohio ocured in 2009. The interest in self-defense has never been stronger in Ohio, following a year of record gun sales nationwide. The news media believes this is a reaction to President Obama’s preceived anti-gun agenda.

This report is really popular in our discussion forums today: http://tiny.cc/aDl5C

Here are some of the related stories in the news today:

• http://tiny.cc/sntZr
• http://tiny.cc/uSC91
• http://tiny.cc/cPssh

About:
Ohioans for Concealed Carry, founded in 1999, is a grassroots political activist organization. When founded, the primary goal of OFCC was getting concealed carry passed into law in Ohio. With that accomplished, our mission became to refine the concealed carry law and to expand and preserve the rights of all gun owners in Ohio. Visit: Ohioccw.org

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