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John Lott: Baghdad Less Murders Then Washington: Armed, and Safer, Iraqis
26 June 2003
New York Post, Opinion
The June 14 deadline for Iraqi citizens to turn in banned weapons worked about as poorly as any gun buy-back program in the United States. After the two-week program ended, a guard at one of the designated places to turn in guns said, "We have had plenty of reporters, but no weapons come in."
American soldiers are laying down their lives to protect Iraqi citizens, and the last thing that we want to do is put them in harm's way. On Tuesday, six British soldiers were... (GunPolicy.org)
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