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by steve19 4611 days ago
What is their stance on the right to bear arms? Do you have a citation.
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skwirl 4611 days ago
They are a U.K. publication. As far as I know, there isn't much diversity of opinion on the topic of gun control in the U.K.

They don't like guns, but they don't like impractical or pointless gun control measures either.

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dmazin 4611 days ago
The Economist backs gun control. Citation? It's in the second paragraph of the article this post links to.
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gte525u 4611 days ago
Definitely pro-gun control to the point they promote the total-ban of guns. On the other hand, and I think this illustrates a type of pragmatism, they were skeptical of proposed reforms post-Sandy Hook.
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redthrowaway 4611 days ago
They think only the government should have guns. They bring it up a lot.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2012/12/gun-control

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