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Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration is defending its attempt to revisit a controversial gun law that takes effect Thursday.  Under the law, handgun permit-holders no longer must demonstrate an occupational or safety need to carry a weapon in public.  Pawlenty says he supports a change making it easier for property owners to ban handguns in their establishments.  Opponents of the measure complained that the new law requires both written and verbal notice in order to ban handguns from private property.  Pawlenty chief of staff Charlie Weaver says recent lawsuits prompted the governor to favor changing the law to require only a posted sign barring handguns.

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