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GADFLY: Guns Are Not the Answer!

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The carnage at the Virginia Tech campus this week has, inevitably, revived the arguments about gun ownership in this country. Gun ownership advocates say guns prevent violence, but that's like saying that alcohol is an antidote for a hangover.

In his inimitable way, The Gadfly goes into detail on the point. Go see at "Political Beat",

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