When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Govern…

Edward Abbey
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When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

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