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State News & Gun News => Delaware News => Topic started by: Clarence on March 29, 2014, 11:42:57 AM

Title: Concealed Carry in Delaware 1951
Post by: Clarence on March 29, 2014, 11:42:57 AM

This link to to an article in the old defunct Wilmington Sunday Star
See: Wanna Be a Pistol Toter?
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2290&dat=19511014&id=NrMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HQIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3332,1013835

A facinating look at the state of Concealed Carry in Delaware in the 1950s

Three concealed carriers in New Castle county in 1951!

We have come a long way.  

Title: Re: Concealed Carry in Delaware 1951
Post by: robberbaron on March 29, 2014, 04:50:31 PM

That is not the only thing we have come a long way on- check the house ad. Yikes! Can an ad be any more condescending?

Title: Re: Concealed Carry in Delaware 1951
Post by: Clarence on March 29, 2014, 10:25:21 PM

Quote from: robberbaron on March 29, 2014, 04:50:31 PM

That is not the only thing we have come a long way on- check the house ad. Yikes! Can an ad be any more condescending?

True but you have to understand that at the time this was a wonderful thing for these families.  I know some folks who were pioneers in that neighborhood and this was a godsend for them to be able to own a home in the suburbs.