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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Gene Lyons

MYSTERIOUS: Is america s problem guns or democracy - You Need To See This

A mourner places her hand on a memorial for a victim of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Town Square on May 26. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty)

Think about it this way: There is no army or police department in any halfway civilized country — not even the United States — that would allow an untrained, callow 18-year-old like the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter to wear a uniform and carry an AR-15 assault rifle.

Not one. Nowhere on Earth.

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