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Gun Control: Is It Limiting Your Freedom?

One of America's leading controversies is over limiting the legalization of private firearm ownership. Both sides of the issue are quickly claiming ground on the fuzzy, unsure Americans. Many of the undecided are people who didn't grow up around firearms, and may have never fired a gun or participated in a shooting sport. One of which whom have never used a firearm is Sammie Foust. Sammie Foust, just a normal person, loved to leave her windows open, and watch the sailboats pass by near her Florida home. On May 9th, 1996, Sammie was cleaning her house, and came across a .25 semiautomatic pistol that a friend had given to her for self-defense. Sammie fell asleep with the gun loaded, next to her pillow. Later that evening, James Wayne Horne, a 3 time prison inmate that recently was released, entered Sammie's window. James cut Sammie's face with a box cutter, jobbed her money, and claimed he was going to kill her. Sammie managed to buy......

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