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Nov 23, 2022·edited Nov 23, 2022Liked by Liza Donnelly

My introduction to guns came via TV in a wave of incidents that occurred over 10 months when I was in 7th & 8th grade.

December 1980 - John Lennon killed with a handgun.

March 1981 - President Reagan shot with a handgun

May 1981 - The Pope shot with a handgun

October 1981 - Nobel Peace Prize winner President Sadat killed with automatic weapons

I too attended a Quaker College and today I strongly oppose the ownership and use of any weapon that is not used for (non "sport" related) hunting. Zero tolerance. These stories overwhelm me, they simply overwhelm me.

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Your youth sounds like mine, not that much before then. We have grown up in a handgun, violent world. Horrible. Take care.

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Nov 23, 2022·edited Nov 23, 2022

My wife thinks it's the Covid lock down and discrimination against young men in general. I'm not so sure.

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Not so sure, either. I also think about video games and violent sites online. I love the internet, but wonder how it affects some.

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