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Guns, cold medicine and lighter fluid

Whenever a horrible gun crime occurs, the left and its allies in the mainstream media start exploring whether or not tighter gun control laws would have prevented such a crime.

Personally I try to avoid the knee-jerk response from guns rights advocates about banning knives, blunt instruments, automobiles, etc. —anything that can kill.

Still, I can’t help but note today’s Sunday N&R front page. Above the fold, Travis Fain wonders why we don’t track guns like we track cold medicine.*

Below the fold, Susan Ladd probes the request for clemency from Janet Danahey, who killed four people with a can of lighter fluid.

*Good question — I don’t think we should be tracking cold medicine, either.

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