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MI: Courser, opponents debate gun control at forum
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One day after a gunman killed nine people in a shooting rampage at an Oregon community college, the issue of gun control was a hot debate topic at a Lapeer County candidates forum to fill an open seat in the Michigan House.
Former Rep. Todd Courser, the Lapeer Republican who resigned last month to avoid expulsion, got the first crack at answering a question about gun...
Courser said the lack of students carrying concealed weapons left them defenseless to a handgun-wielding 26-year-old shooter, Chris Harper Mercer, who died in a shootout with police.
“People kill people. Guns don’t kill people,” said Allan Landosky, a Republican candidate from Lapeer. “A spray bottle of gasoline could do almost the same amount of damage. |
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Try: http://article.wn.com/view/2015/10/03/Courser_opponents_debate_gun_control_at_forum/ |
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