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Gun Control Costs Lives

October 14, 2015 By Debbie Young

Thomas Sowell writes in NRO that a disarmed population makes crime a safer occupation for criminals.

Why anyone would think that criminals who disobey other laws, including laws against murder, would obey gun-control laws is a mystery.

Do you think that someone who is prepared to use a 30-shot magazine for criminal purposes is going to be deterred by a gun-control law? All the wonderful-sounding safeguards in such laws restrict the victims of criminals, rather than the criminals themselves. That is why such laws cost lives instead of saving lives.

Read more from Dr. Sowell here.

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Debbie, our chief political writer of Richardcyoung.com, is also our chief domestic affairs writer, a contributing writer on Eastern Europe and Paris and Burgundy, France. She has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over five decades. Debbie lives in Key West, Florida, and Newport, Rhode Island, and travels extensively in Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga. Debbie has completed the 200-hour Krama Yoga teacher training program taught by Master Instructor Ruslan Kleytman. Debbie is a strong supporting member of the NRA.
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