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The right to regain the right to own a gun

Gun rights organizations point to news stories about otherwise decent people who, through a terrible but brief lapse in judgment, have been arrested for domestic violence. The 73 year old woman busted for allegedly slapping her granddaughter for swearing is a popular reference. Presumably her picture wasn't in legislators' crosshairs when they established the lifetime gun ban.

Read About It: The Journal Times (Racine, Wisc.)

Posted: 7/27/2010 9:30:16 AM

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