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Over the last three days at the NRA Annual Meetings the Gunwriter Assistant and I gave away and signed over 700 copies of Handgun Training for Personal Protection. That means we met and talked with more than 700 gun owners. It has been a great weekend!<\/p>\n

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Over the last three days at the NRA Annual Meetings the Gunwriter Assistant and I gave away and signed over 700 copies of Handgun Training for Personal Protection. That means we met and talked with more than 700 gun owners. 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