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Article: Society needs religion not gun control.(Commentary)(Forum)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 23, 1999
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The shooting of students and teachers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Oregon and now Colorado have left Americans perplexed, frightened, greatly saddened and asking why? Everyone agrees there is something drastically wrong in the United States.
The amazing thing is that those offering remedies are offering more of the same programs that brought us to this lamentable state of affairs.
Gun control, and/or more education, and/or more prevention programs, (preferably all three together) are lifted up as the answer to stop any future school shootings.
Gun control advocates are once again using tragedy as an opportunity to ...