The 2nd Amendment: It’s Very Important!

PREAMBLE

In the mid- and late-1950’s, during my childhood, television shows like The Rifleman and Gunsmoke were very popular. Television, however, wasn’t part of my life. My father wouldn’t allow us to be brought away from reading for it. Toy guns were popular toys for boys around me. My father forbade even squirt guns, because they were guns. Perhaps, not surprisingly, I’ve supported limiting the possession of guns for most of my 70 years!

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