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Commentary: Gun-free zones invite mass shootings

"This doesn't happen anywhere else on the planet," California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom said. "We stand alone in the world in the number of mass shootings," said U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. These were typical comments after a shooter killed 12 people in Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

People have been acting for a long time like the United States is the world's hotbed of mass public shootings. After a 2015 mass shooting during his administration, President Barack Obama said: "The one thing we

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