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“Firearms, if you think about it, are power tools. They drill holes in things and chew things up. That’s their purpose. The purpose of the user is, quite simply, to puncture and destroy the right things and not the wrong things.”

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Book:Gun Safety in the Home
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Gun Safety in the Home

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Massad Ayoob
Massad Ayoob

Massad Ayoob, born on July 20, 1948, is a renowned figure in an unknown field. more

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