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Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.

Charlton Heston

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Charlton Heston
Age: 84 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 4
Died: 2008
Died: April 5
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