Club members were encouraged to post flyers in gun and tackle shops and to encourage sportsmen to call cable systems and insist they add the Outdoor Channel.

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Two police task forces have been set up to tackle gun and gang crime in Sefton after four shootings in the area in the past 12 months.

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Only time will tell if this is just an emotional and political reaction or a long-term move by big-box retailers that have already priced out many of the mom-and-pop local gun-and-tackle shops.

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