Word: outdrawn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tragedy? The question harks back to the classic gun-control debate. "CCW permits are not the answer," says Whitmore. "They give you a false sense of security." She argues that the regrets of people like Gratia are outweighed by the regrets of those who had guns but found themselves outdrawn. And certainly Whitmore would be right to distinguish a tinge of the overheated in another of Anderson's satisfied customers, retiree Bob Chadwick. "I won't come downtown much anymore," he says, grabbing an application for his .44-cal. Magnum. "It's a jungle, and it's spreading...