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(Worthy News) – Twilight will fall at midday on Monday, stars will glimmer and birds will roost in an eerie stillness as millions of Americans and visitors witness the first total solar eclipse to traverse the United States from coast to coast in 99 years.

The sight of the moon’s shadow passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but the halo-like solar corona, may draw the largest live audience for a celestial event in human history. When those watching via broadcast and online media are factored into the mix, the spectacle will likely smash records.

“It will certainly be the most observed total eclipse in history,” astronomer Rick Fienberg of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) said last week. [ Source (Read More…) ]

Last Time a Total Solar Eclipse Occurred Only over the United States was 1776

The year that our nation declared its independence, in 1776, was the last time a total solar eclipse occurred only over the United States and in no other country. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy News) – More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

Some 1.83 million new permits were issued in 2016, setting a new record for the fourth straight year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The total number has jumped more than 250 percent from the 4.6 million permits just a decade ago.

States that keep monthly figures said 2017 is continuing the trend, up 3 percent over 2016.

The surge in permits comes even as gun purchases have dropped, on a year-to-year basis, so far under Mr. Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy News) – More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

Some 1.83 million new permits were issued in 2016, setting a new record for the fourth straight year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The total number has jumped more than 250 percent from the 4.6 million permits just a decade ago.

States that keep monthly figures said 2017 is continuing the trend, up 3 percent over 2016.

The surge in permits comes even as gun purchases have dropped, on a year-to-year basis, so far under Mr. Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy News) – More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

Some 1.83 million new permits were issued in 2016, setting a new record for the fourth straight year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The total number has jumped more than 250 percent from the 4.6 million permits just a decade ago.

States that keep monthly figures said 2017 is continuing the trend, up 3 percent over 2016.

The surge in permits comes even as gun purchases have dropped, on a year-to-year basis, so far under Mr. Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy News) – More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

Some 1.83 million new permits were issued in 2016, setting a new record for the fourth straight year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The total number has jumped more than 250 percent from the 4.6 million permits just a decade ago.

States that keep monthly figures said 2017 is continuing the trend, up 3 percent over 2016.

The surge in permits comes even as gun purchases have dropped, on a year-to-year basis, so far under Mr. Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy News) – More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks applying for permission to carry their firearms is still rising.

Some 1.83 million new permits were issued in 2016, setting a new record for the fourth straight year, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The total number has jumped more than 250 percent from the 4.6 million permits just a decade ago.

States that keep monthly figures said 2017 is continuing the trend, up 3 percent over 2016.

The surge in permits comes even as gun purchases have dropped, on a year-to-year basis, so far under Mr. Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]