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Philly is drowning in guns. We need a 20-year blockade. | Opinion

It is far past time that gun violence prevention groups, legislators, and anti-gun lobbyists stop playing nice with gun owners and manufacturers.

State Rep. Amen Brown holds a photograph showing 80% receiver kits at a gun show at 52nd and Irving Streets in Philadelphia on Monday, March 15, 2021. Brown helped convince Eagle Arms Productions, the largest gun show promoter in Pennsylvania, to halt the sale of the kits at gun shows to reduce the spread of "ghost guns."
State Rep. Amen Brown holds a photograph showing 80% receiver kits at a gun show at 52nd and Irving Streets in Philadelphia on Monday, March 15, 2021. Brown helped convince Eagle Arms Productions, the largest gun show promoter in Pennsylvania, to halt the sale of the kits at gun shows to reduce the spread of "ghost guns."Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
    by Michael Cogbill, For The Inquirer
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