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Changing culture of gun violence first step in reform
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... "It is not my intention to ... minimize the severity of the events that took place, but I wish to articulate the truth; that Newtown, Conn., is just one of the many communities that have experienced gun violence and its carnage. Furthermore, Aurora, Colo., is but one of the hundreds of communities across this great nation that has seen firsthand the terror an individual can cause in mere seconds when wielding a forearm equipped with high-capacity magazines. Philadelphia has been a war zone for years, and it is for this reason that my colleagues and I in the Pennsylvania Legislature cannot allow this conversation to subside without first addressing the issues through legislation." ... |
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To prohibit a citizen from wearing or carrying a war arm . . . is an unwarranted restriction upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of constitutional privilege. [Wilson v. State, 33 Ark. 557, at 560, 34 Am. Rep. 52, at 54 (1878)] |
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