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Viewing this, and came across this (#13) ...
“Gun control advocates tell us that removing guns from society makes us safer. If that were the case why do the worst shootings happen in gun free zones, like schools? And while accidents do happen, aggressive, terroristic shootings like [the Mumbai massacre] are unheard of at gun and knife shows, or military bases. It bears repeating that an armed society truly is a polite society.” - Ron Paul
Comment was made by Ron Paul in December of 2008. It can be found at his Congressional website here.
I bet he felt like an idiot when Major Hasan shot up Fort Hood almost exactly a year later.
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How can these advocates not look to countries like Australia and Britain, where gun violence is not commonplace. This is not merely coincidental...
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