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A letter in the Tribune Sunday, March 30, gives us strong reasons to keep AK-47s out of the hands of macho men like Gordon Jacobs. Jacobs opined that if all the people in Crimea had been armed with AK-47s and a hundred rounds of ammo, President Putin would have backed off.
The Crimean people are mostly Russian, Mr. Jacobs, and under your scenario, they would have been killing the invading Russians!
Russia, Ukraine and Crimea have had a thousand-year tumultuous relationship. Despite what the NRA tells you, guns are not a substitute for knowledge and brains.
Ron Swenson
St. George