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America Wrestles Anew With Gun Violence

America’s latest horrific act of gun violence is forcing Washington to wrestle anew with the easy availability of deadly weaponry in a nation that constitutionally protects the right to bear arms. Gunfire slays more than ten thousand people annually in the United States, including nine church-goers last week in Charleston, South Carolina. Amid the grief, reports surfaced that suspected shooter Dylann Roof was given a gun as a birthday present earlier this year. That such a troubled...

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