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kestrel91316

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5. Ask the Germans. They apparently have very strict gun licensing and safety laws.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 09:07 PM

Jan 2013

The long waiting period makes impulse purchases and the subsequent crimes of passion much harder to pull off. And when you own a gun, YOU are personally liable for all crimes committed using that gun, the presumption being that if you didn't secure it, you are still culpable.

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