Day By Day, a web comic strip drawn by a Minneapolis artist, has (favorably) covered carry permits and defensive gun uses before.
He's back on the topic.
To read the whole series, go here (this story line started on 3/20/06:
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
(There's some weirdness on the site -- the most recent strip appears on every day, below that day's strip. I've sent an email.)