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> Outside of the United States, that's usually not the case.

A good and fair point. I'd fallen into the trap of being too US centric on HN.

> Were it not for certain Supreme Court decisions, handgun ownership would be outright illegal in the District of Columbia and likely in several other states.

Sure, were it not for the Supreme Court. But as there remains plenty of ways to legally obtain guns in the US, I'm still going to doubt that you've resorted to gun smuggling for "self defense"



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