Morality, Not Guns Are The Problem With Violence

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Why — at a time in our history when guns were readily available, when a person could just walk into a store or order a gun through the mail, when there were no FBI background checks, no waiting periods, no licensing requirements — was there not the frequency and kind of gun violence that we sometimes see today, when access to guns is more restricted?
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Customs, traditions, moral values and rules of etiquette, not just laws and government regulations, are what make for a civilized society, not restraints on inanimate objects.
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it's morality that is society's first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.

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Jewish World Review
Oct. 2, 2013/ 28 Tishrei, 5774
Are Guns the Problem?
By Walter Williams