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The NRA vs. common sense

Clarence Page

Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 | 2:01 a.m.

When the National Rifle Association promised “meaningful contributions” to prevent another massacre like the recent horror in Newtown, Conn., I didn’t expect much, but I hoped for more than what we got. After a mentally ill gunman killed 20 children and seven adults, including himself, a remorseful public has been jerked alert once again to the need for some sensible gun reforms. I had hoped NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre might try for a middle ground with some common-sense reforms on which gun owners and nonowners tend to agree — such as measures that can help keep guns out ...

Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He writes from Washington.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Dec. 27, 2012

9:28 a.m.

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Mr. Page hasn't spent much time in inner city grade schools. Newark police keep a regular presence in and around all the grade schools in Newark NJ and have for years.

CarmineD