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In the aftermath of the shootings at the Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Karen Curtner, the principal of the school, said, "The issue here is not the weapon or the gun that was used. That has really nothing to do with what happened. We have to look further than that."¹ Jim Simon, an Arkansas gun-control opponent, agreed. "The problem isn't the guns," he said. "It's what the kids are doing with them."² National Rifle Association (NRA) spokesman Bill Powers declared, "Lawful arms ownership has nothing to do with this tragedy."¹ And another NRA spokesman concurred: "This is not a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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