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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sidney Weissman

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Only blocking assault gun access will lead to fewer mass shootings - You Need To See This

One day after a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens in downtown Highland Park, a family from Mount Prospect holds signs calling for a ban on assault rifles. (Ashlee Rezin, AP Photos)

July 4, Independence Day, is America’s most sacred holiday. Fourth of July parades once were celebrations of the joy of American life for young and old. But this year’s July 4th celebrations have been infected and desecrated with a unique American disease — mass shooting.

The action of a solo shooter/murderer in Highland Park highlights the irrelevance to reducing and ending America’s gun violence epidemic by the recently passed “bipartisan” gun legislation. It will not now and maybe ever significantly reduce gun violence.

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