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Considering the rise in efforts to ban books or classic artworks because somebody might feel “discomfort” at seeing the private parts of Michelangelo’s David, or reading about slavery in the U.S., I have a question in light of the almost daily mass shootings — often of schoolchildren — in this country.
Many gun-rights advocates claim they can own and display whatever firearms they want anywhere, though the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says the “right to bear arms” should be “well-regulated.”
What about the millions of Americans who feel “discomfort” at gun owners’ demands to be able to tote their weapons, or even carry them in concealment, in public places? Don’t they matter?
David Chappell
Kaneohe
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