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FRIDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 181 NOVEMBER 27, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 18 PAGES • 50¢ Local gun permits increasing since Chattanooga shootings By ALLEN MINCEY Department of Homeland Banner Staff Writer Security. “The first day after the A class for those seeking their Though there may not be a incident that happened gun-carry permit was recently direct correlation, the fatal shoot- in Chattanooga, we had hosted by the Bradley County ing of five military servicemen in over 150 calls to take Sheriff’s Office at a local firing Chattanooga in July may have this class.” range. Instructor George been a factor in the increase in — George Campbell Campbell, a veteran of local law gun permits being issued locally enforcement, led the class. and statewide. “This is called the basic gun Local firearms instructors said rising from 506,252 in July to carry class to get your permit. You they saw an increase in interest in 521,212 through Nov. 1. Over must make a 70 on it, and we permits following the July 16 11,000 permits were issued in have an eight-hour classroom and Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY shootings in Chattanooga. 2015 in July, August, September range together,” Campbell THE MOST RECENT firearms training class for those attempting to receive their handgun carry per- Tennessee statistics back that up, and October each, according to mits included not only classroom lectures, but also shooting on a range under the supervision of qualified with the number of permit holders statistics from the Tennessee See PERMITS, Page 5 instructors. Bradley jobless "#%%#&%%(!*+ "*#+,&++$,-')*(.#+ picture ,"(+#''#',"(&&-'#,1 /#," ((+,)%+ (*,""(%#1+ " -'/"#"#+ #+ .(%-',*+-))(*, (*, plunges (&(0+*0), ,(!#.'(-,,"#+1* (',#('+&1&#%,(#*+, ''++'$(0 %.%' (* to 4.9% *())( ,#*+,''++ '$, #,", Rate now 14th Inside Today lowest in state By RICK NORTON Associate Editor Hiring increases have served up another slice of thanksgiving as Bradley County’s unemploy- ment rate for October dipped below 5 percent for only the third time in eight years.
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