It's time to quit complaining and get involved. I'm asking you to do me, yourself, and all gun owners a favor.

If you haven't already done it, sign up to be a Gun Talk True Squad member. It's free and to sign up to be a Gun Talk Truth Squad member. It's free and the sign up is at gun talk.

All it means is that you'll get an email from me now and then alerting you to issues.

Also, it means you'll shoot an email or make a phone call

when you see or hear bogus reports on gun ownership. I'll help you with the info you get

as part of the True Squad.

We need you on board. Welcome to Tom Gresham's Gun Talk, where there's more to talk about than shooting.

There's reloading and hunting and self-defense too.

All right, let's saddle up, let's do it again. I'm Tom Gresham. My number is 866 Talk Guns. We're talking about guns and

talking about what you might be buying, what you might be doing in 2009 as we look forward.

Maybe the time when you get that concealed carry permit you've been thinking about doing.

One woman in Fort Smith, Arkansas sure

is glad that she did that. Dateline Fort Smith. She's a woman who knows how to protect herself

as two men who tried to rob her found out.

What they didn't know was the woman is licensed to carry a concealed weapon and yes she

was packing heat.

Well, newspapers love to say packing heat, don't they?

He said, State Police Lieutenant Steve Koppingser

said, a lady was flagged over Sunday evening about 6 p.m. on the interstate.

The car was signaling that the woman was getting a flat tire.

She pulled over to check her tires and one of those people who flagged her over and the other

car got out and attempted to rob her at knife point.

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