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A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

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Article of the week-If you only read one article, this is the one you have to read.:The Folly of Unilateral Disarmament At Fort Hood "more guns" assuredly were "the solution to gun violence."� Jacob Sullum When Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan started shooting up the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Pfc. Marquest Smith dove under a desk. A.P. reports that “he lay low for several minutes, waiting for the shooter to run out of ammunition and wishing he, too, had a gun."� Neither Smith nor the other victims of Hasan" assault had guns because soldiers on military bases within the United States generally are not�allowed to carry them. Last week's shootings, which killed 13 people and wounded more than 30, demonstrated once again the folly of 'gun-free zones',� which attract and assist people bent on mass murder instead of deterring them. Judging from the comments of those who support this policy of victim disarmament, Smith's desire for a gun was irrational. According to Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, "This latest tragedy, at a heavily fortified army base, ought to convince more Americans to reject the argument that the solution to gun violence is to arm more people with more guns in more places."� Note how the reference to "a heavily fortified army base"� obscures the crucial point that the people attacked by Hasan were unarmed as a matter of policy. Also note the breathtaking inanity of Helmke's assurance that 'more guns'� are not "the solution to gun violence.' In this case, they assuredly were. The first people with guns to confront Hasan, two local police officers, were the ones who put a stop to his rampage.

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