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Guns don't kill people people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.
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A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.
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