Westhafer Furukawa is a local author
GREENSBURG - Our United States has had some mighty heroes since it began 246 years ago. Just imagine how many heroes a country like Japan has had since it began
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GREENSBURG - Our United States has had some mighty heroes since it began 246 years ago. Just imagine how many heroes a country like Japan has had since it began
This was certainly the case after recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Colorado. President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress immediately called for more extensive background checks and a revival of the 1994 “assault weapons” ban. But if the history of the last few decades is any guide, this move is unlikely to dissuade Americans from their attachment to firearms. If anything, then it will likely have the opposite effect. “Before the 1994 ban, Americans owned approximately 400,000 AR-15s, according to government estimates; today, there are approximately 20 million AR-15 style rif...