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	Guns on prescription,

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12-15-2008 4:52 PM

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12-23-2008 11:02 PM

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Back in the USA - the land of the free and the home of the brain dead. Calgon do something!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da2ef8ef-c4d1-40cf-a3ed-9d4bf4b96035/076A714C-7F62-49DB-920D-5F9617D64823/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081205/twl-guns-on-prescription-for-elderly-3fd0ae9.html" href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081205/twl-guns-on-prescription-for-elderly-3fd0ae9.html" style="font-size: 11px;">uk.news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081205/twl-guns-on-prescription-for-elderly-3fd0ae9.html"><P class="ynw-standfirst">A small arms manufacturer in the US is taking deposits for a gun specially designed for elderly and disabled people, who may be able to get it on prescription. <A href="#ynw-article-part2" class="offscreen">Skip related content</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081205/twl-guns-on-prescription-for-elderly-3fd0ae9.html"><P id="ynw-article-part2">The Palm Pistol is the world's first ergonomic firearm, according to Constitution Arms.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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