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"Save Your Silver Bullets": An Opinionated Mom's Perspective on GUN RIGHTS

“Bang! Bang! You’re dead.” It’s all fun and games, right? We can't stop our kids from shooting things...I tried, my son turned a banana into a gun.  But, as a mother, I can make sure he doesn't point his banana at anyone.  That's the rule in our house.  Why?  We all want our children to be safe. There are steps we take every day to ensure their safety. We use seatbelts and car seats. We take them to the doctor and make them eat their broccoli. We hold their hands across the street and we don’t let them run with...

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    I am a 70 yr old Great-grandmother with 14 kids, 24 grands and 21 great-grands. Over the last 50 yrs, I have done many jobs, among which are Police Office, Deputy Sherrif, Game Warden and Paramedic. All of these have shown me first hand why only Law Enforcement and Soldiers should have guns of any kind. If more people were made to deal with the outcomes, in every day life, perhaps they would...
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O-MAMAS - this cartoon captured our attention in a local paper, the OC Register. What do you think the role of parenting is in protecting our kids from getting ahold of guns?  

We want our kids to be safe, so we are the ones responsible for:

making sure they understand the dangers of guns

making sure they cannot get a gun - in our home or anywhere

• making sure they know what to do if...

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Two neighbors went patrolling the streets looking for mailbox thieves and ended up shooting eachother.  David Sherbeck and Reginald Campos, both fathers, were respected members of their Salt Lake City community and decided to take neighborhood watch to a new level.   Both concerned with the rash of burglaries and mailbox thefts in their community, they each took to the streets, armed.  One now...

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