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PISTOL PACKIN’ – Kim Wilder of Doc Holliday’s Mercantile & Guns with one of the shop’s collectors’ items that has caused a stir. This is an historic M1919 Browning belt-fed semi-automatic, like the machine guns used back in World War II. Only this one is legal, unlike fully automatic firearms. – Photo by Don Coyote
La Conner residents have been hearing early morning shotgun blasts announcing duck hunting season.
Even though it sounds like there are plenty of shooting enthusiasts around, town officials started hearing from people who dislike guns when a new business opened on Morris Street.
Kim Wilder says she was surprised at the reaction of a few local residents when she and her husband, Brett, opened Doc Holliday’s Mercantile and Guns.
Still, she said she expects the controversy to die down as people become more familiar with the business. Wilder said she saw a similar reaction in Grants Pass, Oregon,...
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