Had a bunch of rifles and shotguns acquired while growing up in Reno, Nevada but stopped using these by 1982. Sold most of these to a Santa Rosa, CA pawn shop in 1994 or thereabouts to get money to get many snail mail letters out about my work to get libraries of all kinds in the US and elsewhere involved in creating a nexus for survivors/victims of crimes. Also sold art books to Santa Rosa, CA used book stores for the same reason.
This project of mine was brought about by experiences I had in Reno, Nevada while dealing with the 2-24-1976 murder of Michelle Mitchell near the University of Nevada, Reno campus. 2-24 is my birthday and Michelle's mother was my Earl Wooster HS English teacher at that time. The Mitchell family had given me a very small Memorial Scholarship in 1976-1977 in Michelle's name. She had been murdered with a knife by a person that was not "caught" until 1979. And it turned out they got the wrong person back in 1979 due to facts that came to light in 2014.They did identify the most likely murderer in 2014 which turned out to be a serial killer who had preyed on women in the SF Bay area in early 1976.
Bad people use all kinds of weapons-- knives, bombs, cars, bats, hammers, etc.
Do have a problem with the rate of fire coming from some firearms though. These should only be in the hands of the military.
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