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LETTER: Gun-free zones don’t save lives, they cost lives

Gun-free zones have yet to save one life. They do not save lives. They cost lives, and I avoid them like the plague. They are sitting-duck zones.

I saw where Metro police officers were recently commended in Washington, D.C., for shooting and killing a criminal who was shooting at them. Again, it takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun.

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