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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

How powerful must firearms get before we stop the bloodshed?

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks as House Democrats gather for an event on gun violence at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. House Democrats addressed gun violence after a shooter opened fire killing three nine-year-old students and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday. (Getty)

How much more powerful will civilian weapons get as gun manufacturers, gun rights groups and their lackeys in public office escalate their assault on the lives of Americans?

Gun manufacturing is very big business. It wants big profits. But that means it must change and adapt. After the market started to get saturated with handguns, the industry successfully turned to promoting powerful military-style firearms capable of spreading far greater mayhem. Deaths and injuries soared as shooters used them.

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