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Why not lay down guns for the month of August?

Chris Detrick

Olympia

Can we just stop using our guns for the month of August? Just shelve them or lock them up in our cabinets and go one month without using firearms for any reason?

This story was originally published August 1, 2015 at 5:01 PM with the headline "Why not lay down guns for the month of August?."

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