11.   But one of their members has since obtained a commission as a state instructor to provide training and certification to carry concealed handguns.

12.   But Teitz said new signs were ordered to avoid confusion after the state law took effect Monday allowing Texans to carry concealed handguns with a state permit.

13.   But state Rep. Debra Danburg found her colleagues gun shy Monday when she asked them to increase penalties for illegally carrying a handgun.

14.   Connecticut presumes that upstanding residents should be allowed to carry concealed handguns, and it leaves the decision to the police, subject to appeal.

15.   Crew members also carried handguns that they could use to shoot themselves.

16.   Connecticut law, on the other hand, requires that licenses to carry handguns be issued to any upstanding citizen wanting one, regardless of the reason.

17.   Danburg sought to attach the tough penalties to a bill that would provide exemptions from arrest for legally carrying a handgun, knife, club or other deadly weapon.

18.   Danburg questioned why the state needs the exemption when a person could carry a handgun legally at all times by obtaining a license.

19.   Diaz said the victim was a well-known drug trafficker and had a reputation for carrying a handgun.

20.   During his first year in office, Bush signed the law that allows Texans to carry concealed handguns with a license.