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The conversation about guns we're not having

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Guns Are Real, Right?

I think guns are an equalizer, personally. Obviously, there are terrible things that people can do with guns. They're a tool. What happens with a gun depends on whos using the gun, right? But guns are the great equalizer. This, you know, a reality. If you don't want a world where just the physically dominant can lord over people weaker than them, then i think on the whole, guns are a good, a net positive. There's not just one tradition of firearms in america. There's dozens different groups of people own guns for far different reasons. People now own guns primarily for personal protection. That is the biggest n that people will give

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