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The latest poll ("Utah's OK with armed teachers," Sept. 23) illustrates a segment of society obsessed with guns and a cavalier opinion of those who aren't. I do understand the obsession. I was almost 7 before I hung up my "Fanner 50" for the last time.
Two things I believe to be true about these pretend gunslingers. They have never had the barrel of a gun pointed at them in anger and, under pressure, couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at 30 feet if their life depended on it. That makes them more dangerous than any "bad guy."
Regarding this poll, have many polled were parents of young children?
Gary D. Ruiz
Murray