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Gun Control Reform Activism

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3. Old folks are often paranoid and don't make the wisest decisions

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:54 PM

Aug 2013

Older folks suffering from dementia (for example) are extremely dangerous to themselves and others if a firearm is involved.

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She leaves it out where the kid could get to it? wild bird Aug 2013 #2

Old folks are often paranoid and don't make the wisest decisions rdharma Aug 2013 #3

How often are firearms taken away from people that shouldn't have them? BlueStreak Aug 2013 #5

If it was the old lady who left the gun out Crunchy Frog Aug 2013 #6