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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-05-09 11:58 PM
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8. The question is
Why do those who kill others do so?

Guns are just a tool, as I have mentioned elsewhere my dad has owned one since he was a young kid and never used a gun to harm others. Millions of people here own them and don't use them to harm others.

The ones that do - well we need to better understand why and target them for help.

I don't own a gun now, I did at one time for work. Only pulled it once.

I think peoples' fears of guns is misdirected. Something I touched on here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5396974
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