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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
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Male Nile hippopotamus "Happy" plays at the Smithsonian National Zoo Sunday in Washington, D.C. Twenty-five-year-old "Happy," who weights about 6,000 pounds, was born at the zoo to a mother from Arusha, tanzania.
Bullet Shop owner Don Holman says he saw a 30 percent increase in handgun sales after the law was passed in March, when the House and Senate voted to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' veto of the guns bill.
But for those who offer the training required to obtain a permit, the boost is not just from gun sales.
a minute the news was out
"The minute the that concealed carry passed, there was a good run," Holman said. Since then, "I think it still has had some effect (on sales) but not near the magnitude" as it did early on.
Holman, however, has found another way to
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Those wanting a permit must
Gun law spurs increase in training classes
WICHITA — Gun sellers say they have seen an increase in business from the state's months-old law that allows residents to carry concealed weapons.
The law took effect July 1, with residents being able to seek concealed-carry permits. Those with a license won't be able to begin carrying a concealed gun until Jan. 1.
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"The thought in the back of my mind is there might be room for more training of different types," Holman said, such as personal protection training.
Tom Barnett, owner of El Paso,
Texas-based Vigilant Concepts,
estimates he has trained about
350 people since August. For now,
he is traveling from El Paso to
DON HOLMAN
Owner of Bullet Shop
"The thought in the back of my mind is there might be room for more training of different types."
increase his business. He is one of 34 people in Sedgwick County who are certified concealed-carry handgun instructors, according to the Kansas attorney generals office.
complete of an eight-hour training course taught by a certified instructor. The course covers firearms safety and use, as well as discussion of the concealed-carry law.
Holman said he started offering the courses 11 days after the law took effect and has trained about 700 people.
lead the company's concealed carry training in Wichita. But he said he planed to move his business to Wichita
next year, partly because of the training opportunities in the area.
He expects people to continue to seek the training long after the initial rush. He also hopes to expand what his company offers to include personal protection training.
"In the handgun concealed-carry class, you don't get the training on confrontations, you don't get to put it into practice," he said.
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INTERNATIONAL
Bush to be met with protests Indonesian demonstrators call president 'war criminal'
BY TERENCE HUNT ASSOCIATED PRESS
HQ CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam
— Warmly greeted by world leaders in Vietnam, President Bush drew a different reaction Sunday at his upcoming stop in Indonesia, where thousands angrily protested America's policy in the Middle East and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An Indonesian protestor shouts slogans during an anti-Bush rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday, the eve of the planned visit of President George W. Bush.
The White House said it was confident about security precautions for Bush's visit today despite police warnings of an increased threat of attack by al-Qaida-linked grouns.
The president was to spend just six hours in Indonesia, most of it at Bogor Palace, a presidential retreat outside the capital of Jakarta and far from the scene of protests Sunday where Bush was denounced as a "war criminal" and "terrorist."
While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a close U.S. ally in the war on terror, Bush is highly unpopular in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Wrapping up three days in Vietnam, Bush was taking a quick look around this city once known as Saigon. He planned to drop by the stock exchange, meet with business leaders and visit the Pasteur Institute for a briefing on its research on HIV/AIDS and other public health problems.
It was Bush's first appearance on the world stage since his Republican Party lost control of Congress and was rebuked for the unpopular war in Iraq.
approved.
The White House said Bush was pleased by the results of a 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hanoi although the administration was left struggling to explain how it ended.
To Bush's dismay, he was unable to deliver a promised agreement on normal trade relations with Vietnam. It was snarled in Congress but the administration expressed confidence it eventually would be
Vietnam's economy is booming, the fastest growing in Asia, and the country is the world's second-largest exporter of rice. But the benefits have not reached most people. The per capita income is less than $700 a year.
In a city usually teeming with motorcycle traffic, streets were cleared for Bush's motorcade. As he rode by, people waved, laughed and cheered. It was a contrast to the subdued reaction of residents in Hanoi, where Bush participated in the summit and conferred with the leaders of China, Russia, South Korea and Japan.
The White House pronounced itself satisfied with the summit
statement prodding North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks and urging nations to keep the pressure on by enforcing U.N. Security Council sanctions.
But the administration was at a loss to explain why the statement was simply read as part of the chairman's wrap-up statement, and not issued as a written document. Another oddity was that the section about North Vietnam was not translated into English when the statement was read.
"He read it in Vietnamese, but for whatever reason the translation was not given in the consecutive English translation at the time." White House spokesman Tony Snow said.
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