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Flaws in gun supporters’ arguments

Whenever a mass shooting occurs in a school, a church or a nightclub, gun supporters argue that it wouldn’t have happened if citizens carried guns.

“We should call those so-called gun-free zones: target-rich environments,” they proclaim.

How does that argument work at a Dallas march with twelve cops shot and five killed?

Dennis Baeyen, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published July 12, 2016 at 8:56 PM with the headline "Flaws in gun supporters’ arguments."

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