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Old 01-29-2011, 09:28 AM   #136 (permalink)
KirStang
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[/COLOR]As an aside, I always felt this phrase, and others like it, to be quite awkward. Maybe it's the editor in me.

I think it's far more cogent to state: Most people use guns to kill people.
But that loses the original meaning: Guns are not themselves at fault; it is the people who use guns that are to blame.

(Damn. Is my grammar off?)
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