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LETTER: Where does it end with background checks?

Clinton Taylor, front, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, ...
Clinton Taylor, front, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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LETTER: Beyond our means
By Henry Hertel, Las Vegas
September 4, 2019 - 9:00 pm
 

Due to the recent attack on a woman with a sledgehammer (“Police: Woman bludgeoned,” Aug. 30), I guess we need to have background checks to buy sledgehammers and every tool you buy. This is solid proof that you don’t need a gun to kill someone.

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