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Quote of the Day: Truer Words Edition
“As long as people feel like they can victimize you and shoot and kill you and you’re just going to sit and pray, they’ll keep doing it.” – W. Marvin Dulaney, Department of History Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington, quoted in First to ban open carry, Texas could be one of last to OK it [via houstonchronicle.com]
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Quote of the Day: Cultural Disconnect Edition
“Despite a long-standing decline in violent crime and recent political victories for gun regulation in Washington State and elsewhere, gun culture in the U.S. continues to grow more aggressive. If the recent Pew survey is correct, it may also be growing more popular. The new surgeon general unquestionably has a public-health menace on his hands. The rest of us are confronting a cultural disconnect. But no matter how you characterize the problem, it’s guaranteed to kill many more people.” – Francis Wilkinson in The NRA is still winning on guns [at post-gazette.com]
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CA AG, City of LA and LAPD “Remind Gun Purchasers of their Legal Responsibilities”
Reader Matt writes:
I received a surprising notice from the city and attorney general today. I submitted my DROS at the gun store earlier this week, and this notice came very quickly. I can attest that whatever policy initiated the sending of such letters is new — as of the last four months — as my previous purchase didn’t lead to such a letter.
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