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Baltimore Sun Editor: Licensed Gun Owners Scare Me More Than Gun-toting Criminals
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On January 7, Baltimore Sun deputy editorial page editor Tricia Bishop penned a column in which she explained that licensed gun owners scare her more than gun-toting criminals.
Her central justification for this position is that she lives in a part of Baltimore where she can’t be reached by the poor blacks who are shooting one another in other parts of town, but she occasionally hears stories about law-abiding citizens who wear guns on their hips for self-defense while they are in their own yards. The justification is not congruent, but it’s the one Bishop provided. |
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| She just demonstrated she will be added to the NICS list banning firearm ownership due to mental incompetence. |
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