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To the Editor: Even if one accepts the results of Teret et al. (Sept. 17 issue),¹ showing that there is strong public support for strategies to regulate firearms, why are they deemed to support new policies to regulate firearms as consumer products? If the public overwhelmingly endorses measures such as childproofing, personalization (devices that permit firing only by an authorized person), magazine safeties (devices that prevent firing after the magazine or clip is removed), and loaded-chamber indicators (devices that show whether a handgun is loaded), isn't this in fact evidence that governmental regulation is unnecessary? After all, if Americans really . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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