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Updated: 01/16/2013 08:00:02AM
Mixed emotions
in gun debate
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
George Herl of A&H Guns in Port Charlotte stands by his rack of long guns at his shop Tuesday. A retired Prince Georges County, Maryland police offer, Herl says he uses his intuition, in addition to the firearms transaction form on his counter, to determine whether to sell a customer a gun.
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PORT CHARLOTTE — As a retired cop who served in a Maryland county that saw as many as 134 murders in a single year, George Herl has seen enough violence involving firearms to last a lifetime.
Yet he had no qualms about selling guns when he and a partner started the A&H Gun Shop at 2301 Tamiami Trail a few years ago.
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