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title: "3 Use Firearms Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gutmacher/in-fact-private-citizens-legally-use-firearms-in-self-defense-800-000/)

[Jon Gutmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gutmacher/)

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> [“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gutmacher/in-fact-private-citizens-legally-use-firearms-in-self-defense-800-000-2/)

[Jon Gutmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gutmacher/)

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> [The most cogent principle that can be drawn from traditional limitations on the right to keep and bear arms is that dangerous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardiman/the-most-cogent-principle-that-can-be-drawn-from-traditional/)

[Thomas Hardiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardiman/)

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