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Wake up! Criminals laugh at gun laws

Our government will never figure out a way to keep guns from criminals or people with bad intentions. The shootings continue every day. The problem is that the government wants to control the law-abiding citizens who follow the most strict gun laws in the country. It makes the government look good for trying.

Wake up! The criminals and gangs have a field day on our government and police communities. Ammo background checks, really? The criminals will laugh just like they do at the welfare line. The law-abiding citizens have had enough.

Brent Severson, Clovis

This story was originally published July 9, 2016 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Wake up! Criminals laugh at gun laws."

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