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Bill O'Reilly here, and I'm warming up.

Stand by for the O'Reilly Update morning edition.

On this Friday,

realizing that linear thinking and logic are fading fast in America, I can't help but raise this question once again. If liberals are so concerned about gun violence, why do they oppose

tough measures to stop it? The problem is horrifying.

You can't even have a Super Bowl celebration without a mass shooting. School kids gun down,

shoppers at malls in danger, criminal gang members, shooting up neighborhoods. But when I suggest

making all gun crimes, federal crimes, with harsh mandatory

prison sentences upon conviction, the left and even some conservatives will not support

the solution. So here's a reality check. The Second Amendment of the Constitution allows law-abiding citizens to protect

themselves with firearms within reason. You can't have a bazooka. That's not going to change.

And individual states should pass public safety laws that provide as much protection as possible

from criminals.

But with about 300 million guns in circulation right now, bans are not going to work.

Only tough punishment will. Sell an illegal gun, five years minimum.

Carry an illegal gun, three years. Fire one? Ten years. First defense, no parole. That's the solution.

Back after this. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt

rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling

gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust,

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