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John E. Pipas, MD
Syracuse, NY

JAMA. 1997;278(9):702.

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To the Editor.

—As a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and a firm believer in an individual's right to keep and bear arms, I find the article by Dr Vernick and colleagues¹ concerning the regulation of firearm advertisements to be rather novel. Since it is obvious that challenging gun owners directly is not effective, we now have a group trying to limit the advertising of guns.

To the authors of this article, I offer the words of wisdom that my father imparted to me and that I have passed on to my children: A gun is a dangerous item if misused; all guns are loaded; and never point a gun at something that you do not want to shoot. If these simple ideas are instilled into the minds of everyone to whom guns are available, it will ensure that a gun is no more dangerous than many other items found around . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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