It appears the line has been drawn in the standoff between a locally owned sporting shop and a religious group concerned about illegal handgun sales. On Saturday, Heeding God's Call plans a second protest at Clyde's Sport Shop, of the 2300-block of Hammonds Ferry Road in Lansdowne, in an attempt to persuade shop owners Clyde and Bill Blamberg to sign a 10-point "code of conduct" intended to prevent illegal gun sales. The code was originally drafted by Mayors Against Illegal Guns and signed by Wal Mart, the nation's largest gun retailer, in 2008. Provisions of the code are intended to reduce…
About three dozen friends and customers turned out in support of brothers Clyde and Bill Blamberg, the owners of Clyde's Sport Shop on Hammonds Ferry Road, in Lansdowne, on Sunday. Billed as a "customer appreciation day," the event had the feel of a political rally. The Blamberg brothers, who have been selling hunting and fishing gear at this location since 1957, are under pressure from a group called Heeding God's Call that is concerned about the prevalence of guns used in violent crime in Baltimore. On October 20, the group held a protest at Clyde's and asked the shop to sign a code of …
