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Darlene Oliver: More guns will keep us safer

Our government wants a gun-free society – get real! We need to get rid of the bad guys, not the guns.

Umpqua College in Roseberg, Ore., didn’t have guns on campus. Do you suppose if they did have guns, it’s possible some of those students could of been saved?

If you take away the right to carry a gun in our society the bad guys will love it.

Any of us who wants to carry a gun should go through a gun-training class and be responsible.

Darlene Oliver, Merced

This story was originally published December 14, 2015 at 1:17 PM with the headline "Darlene Oliver: More guns will keep us safer."

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