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walkingman

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12. 😁 I will be 75 in Dec. Yes, for some reason we have become infatuated with guns.

Reply to usonian (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 08:53 PM

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I grew up with guns and never thought that much about it. I live in the country and still have several guns for varmints, and deer rifles and shotgun I've accumulated over the years. The proliferation of handguns, assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, are all a modern era things and I think are insane and makes the world a lot less safe.

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