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Letters To The Editor

July 2026
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Thinking a little more deeply than Mr. Hofstadter did, you will see that an attempt at outright confiscation of weapons will affect the legitimate, law-abiding citizen first, and will probably affect him alone. Those who would use weapons for illegal purposes would secure them anyway, much as the outlawed Republican Army in Ireland has done.

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