Profiles of 'Open Carry' Gun-Law Advocates

Steve LaBadessa

Jan Cushman
"My heart was pounding a little bit," says Cushman of the first time she wore her gun in public, "but I just went in, went over and got my produce, got my dairy products, got in line. I know that people saw that I had it on, but no one said anything."

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