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Are Guns the Problem?

Ken1984 Wrote: Jan 16, 2013 7:38 AM

If the social issues are trumped up, how come we have so many problems? The right wing believes that people should earn their own way. We, unlike you liberals, don't believe there should be any "shifting" of economic benefits, except for charity's sake. I think if you look in the mirror, you will see the real ignorance. KenC

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Are Guns the Problem?

When I attended primary and secondary school -- during the 1940s and '50s -- one didn't hear of the kind of shooting mayhem that's become routine today. Why? It surely wasn't because of strict firearm laws. My replica of the 1902 Sears mail-order catalog shows 35 pages of firearm advertisements. People just sent in their money, and a firearm was shipped.

Dr. John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime," reports that until the 1960s, some New York City public high schools had shooting clubs where students competed in citywide shooting contests for university scholarships. They carried their rifles to school on...

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