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Common-Sense Gun Laws: Because There Are No Drive-By Knifings
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"Gun ownership and civilian gun deaths are a uniquely American issue amongst developed countries. The US had over 32,000 gun deaths last year. Far more than any other developed country. Our rate of gun ownership -- 89 guns per 100 civilians -- is nearly 15 times higher than that of our closest ally, Great Britain. Despite these facts, the very mention of any form of gun control stokes the passion of the American right unlike any other issue. From the Internet trolls who threaten your family to the indoctrinated recitations of tired, machismo-filled phrases like ... 'out of my cold dead hands,' the small minority of Americans who do have guns are very happy to abuse the First Amendment based on their misinterpretation of the Second." ... |
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Millwright66
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| But there are "drive-by" hit and runs, abductions and beatings-including knifings- by roving gangs seeking defenseless victims. |
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