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Quotable. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
Wyoming physician Eugene P. Podrazik, M.D., from his letter published in the July 30, 2001 edition of American Medical News (a publication of the American Medical Association): "Guns in the hands of otherwise law-abiding citizens do much to deter crime. ... Statistically, the best chance that a victim has to stop the completion of a crime without injury to self is with a gun -- the victim merely chases the assailant off by ...
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