The essential message of the National Rifle Association — be afraid of your neighbor — is a cancer on our society. The effects of this message are undermining our democracy’s promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The essential message of the National Rifle Association — be afraid of your neighbor — is a cancer on our society. The effects of this message are undermining our democracy’s promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.