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Too trigger happy

Sat., Jan. 5, 2013

After reading the Dec. 19 headline, “Buyers rush to dealers,” I thought, “Here we go again.” Every time the question of restricting something with regards to gun ownership is even posed, the gun enthusiasts rush to the stores. Something that they hadn’t even thought of buying before suddenly becomes something they simply must have now! I have a question of my own: Should people like this even be allowed to own guns when they themselves so easily go off half-cocked?

Debra Miller

Coeur d’Alene

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