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NC: 1 less gun for grandkids to worry about
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"'Maybe we should buy a gun,' I told my husband."
"As I waited for him to answer, I listened to the birds chirping. I looked toward the sky, hoping for rain."
"'No, we shouldn't,' he said finally." ...
"'Can't you see that happening to us?' I said.'Sure, I can,' my husband said. 'But we have an alarm system. And we're not getting a gun.'"
"'Your reason?'"
"'Two reasons,' he said. 'Our granddaughters.'"
"That stopped me cold."
"About 200 people in the United States kill someone each year in self-defense."
"But how many die each year -- innocently -- from guns?"
"Let me tell you."
"In the 10 years ending in 2006, 486 children under age 18 in North Carolina, alone, died from gun-related injuries." ... |
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"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." — The Dalai Lama, (May 15, 2001, The Seattle Times) speaking at the "Educating Heart Summit" in Portland, Oregon, when asked by a girl how to react when a shooter takes aim at a classmate |
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