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Guns in the wrong hands. (Insider Report).

The New American

| November 18, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In the outpouring of commentary about the Washington, D.C. area sniper rampage, one fact was almost completely ignored: John Allen Muhammad, the older of the accused snipers, was a disgruntled ex-federal employee. Like Timothy McVeigh, Howard Unruh, Charles Whitman, Arthur Shawcross, and other mass murderers, accused murderer Muhammad once was a member of the U.S. armed forces. This is hardly an indictment of the military, which plays an honorable and indispensable role in protecting our nation and liberties. But it illustrates the fallacy, much cherished by anti-gun activists, that firearms are in "safe" hands when the military and police possess them exclusively.

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