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MO: Desperate To Stop Gun Violence, Westport Pushes For Private Sidewalks
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Westport has seen a major uptick in gun violence this year. According to stats collected by the Westport Regional Business League, there were 16 gun-related weapons offenses in the district in 2016. In 2017, there were 65 — and that's only through Oct. 31. A Missouri law that took effect in January allows people to carry guns without a permit in nearly every public space, so there’s not much business owners or police can do to keep guns out.
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"[T]here’s not much business owners or police can do to keep guns out."
Straw man. It focuses on the guns, not who is carrying them. Even if the law provided a means to keep law-abiding people from carrying in those places, it would only keep out law-abiding people, WHO ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.
There is nothing they can do, no law, no NOTHING, they can do to keep criminal misfits from carrying into those places.
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