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\"Guns'<\/p>\n

Scott Paeth gave me permission to share something he wrote on Facebook:<\/p>\n

I just had a flash of insight on the whole gun debate: Pro-gun people are absolutely right \u2014 in the absence of human beings to abuse them, guns can\u2019t do any harm. Therefore the solution to this dilemma is simple: The guns should be denied access to human beings, since it\u2019s so clear that the human beings are dangerous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As one commenter on his post pointed out, weapons do not have a second amendment constitutional right to access to people\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Paeth gave me permission to share something he wrote on Facebook: I just had a flash of insight on the whole gun debate: Pro-gun people are absolutely right \u2014 in the absence of human beings to abuse them, guns can\u2019t do any harm. 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