Letter: An armed society is a safe society

Posted 3/8/18

To the editor: Gun shows and rifle and pistol ranges are packed with guns. Why are  those venues not common sites of mass shootings? Because anyone  intending murder knows that those places …

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Letter: An armed society is a safe society

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To the editor:
Gun shows and rifle and pistol ranges are packed with guns. Why are 
those venues not common sites of mass shootings? Because anyone 
intending murder knows that those places are filled with people who 
could and would shoot back.
Mass shootings are committed in schools, nightclubs and other 'gun-free' 
zones, actually disarmed victim zones, where law-abiding people have no 
weapons and cannot defend themselves.
An armed society is a safer society. Guns save lives.
Tom Padwa
67 King St.
Warren

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