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[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/maine-mass-shooting-red-flag-law-testimony-38cf9fc61ea92e8a2f18e66d8def7266[/URL]

"The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history accused lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour of the legislative session for a so-called red flag law that could be used to take away guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Others, however, said such a law could have saved lives....

Sheldon Bird of Bath took lawmakers to task for inaction on gun violence.

“The basic opening argument against any type of firearm restriction goes like this: ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,’” Bird said. “This is specious at best, fraudulent at worst. If it were valid, then we would have no higher death rate than any other civilized country. Guns are a unique factor in the U.S. violence situation.”

<blockquote data-quote="MaverickNH" data-source="post: 8963263" data-attributes="member: 498">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://apnews.com/article/maine-mass-shooting-red-flag-law-testimony-38cf9fc61ea92e8a2f18e66d8def7266[/URL]&quot;The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history accused lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour of the legislative session for a so-called red flag law that could be used to take away guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Others, however, said such a law could have saved lives....Sheldon Bird of Bath took lawmakers to task for inaction on gun violence.“The basic opening argument against any type of firearm restriction goes like this: ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,’” Bird said. “This is specious at best, fraudulent at worst. If it were valid, then we would have no higher death rate than any other civilized country. Guns are a unique factor in the U.S. violence situation.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MaverickNH, post: 8963263, member: 498"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/maine-mass-shooting-red-flag-law-testimony-38cf9fc61ea92e8a2f18e66d8def7266[/URL] [I]"The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history accused lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour of the legislative session for a so-called red flag law that could be used to take away guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Others, however, said such a law could have saved lives.... Sheldon Bird of Bath took lawmakers to task for inaction on gun violence. “The basic opening argument against any type of firearm restriction goes like this: ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,’” Bird said. “This is specious at best, fraudulent at worst. If it were valid, then we would have no higher death rate than any other civilized country. Guns are a unique factor in the U.S. violence situation.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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