The number of gun permits issued locally and statewide in 2009 was roughly one-third the total granted two years earlier, but the dramatic figures may not add up to much, police, activists and business owners say. "You're going to get ebbs and flows," said Jim Wallace, executive director of the Northborough-based Gun Owners Action League. Statewide, there were 75,930 Class A license-to-carry permits and 9,194 firearms identification cards issued in 2007, and 20,668... (GunPolicy.org)