In the past we always had solutions. Abe Lincoln kept the states together. Hitler tried for world domination and we crushed his plans. We wanted to land people on the moon and did. But, this gun thing…we just don’t seem…
A friend told me that the words “guns,” “children” and “school” should never be in the same sentence. That comment jogged my memory. Way in the back of my mind I remembered something … so I got out a copy of my high school yearbook; Catalina High School, 1959 edition.
People are also reading… They only shot targets, there was nothing about hunting. And, you could buy your ammunition in the school bookstore. Imagine, ammo for sale right there on campus! A box of 500 bullets was $5. A penny a piece. Now that’s a good deal. In 5th grade summer camp I remember shooting targets with a 22 single shot rifle. At the University of Arizona in the early 60s, ROTC was mandatory for graduation. In Old Main they had a rifle range and I did some shooting there. That was the last time I ever pulled a trigger.
We’ve reduced the rate of cancer deaths with a cultural change in smoking habits. Anti-smoking campaigns, health warnings and higher taxes have done the job despite the protestations of the big tobacco industry lobby.
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