On Christmas Eve, a 62-year-old man in Webster, New York, started a fire. Then, when firefighters arrived, he shot four of them, killing two.

The NRA’s response was predictable: Put snipers on all fire trucks.

Tell me those people aren’t scary.

- Joe Gerken, Buffalo

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