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Put down weapons of war

Sun., July 3, 2016

Enough is enough. If you can’t kill a game bird with a single shot from a shotgun, a weapon of war won’t help you. If you can’t kill a game animal with a single shot from a hunting rifle, a weapon of war will not help you. A real man does not stand behind women and children and does not kill innocent people.

There are people who think that they will stand glorious fighting against the government like they did in 1776; they will not. If there is a violent revolution, it will not be like 1776 but like today’s civil wars in Syria and Iraq. It will not be a glorious revolution but a bloody hell. It’s time to stop playing games and put down the weapons of war.

If your representatives will not ban weapons of war, vote them out of office. Now.

Lawrence Schuchart

Spokane

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