Ready to Shoot - Case Against Handgun Bans


	Ready to Shoot - Case Against Handgun Bans

Rustee

3-1-2008 1:44 PM

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government, guns, crime, police

Rustee says:

Where law-abiding people are allowed to have guns, criminals know they're rolling the dice.

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