Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com. I worked on the issue of gun control in the 1980s while I lived, worked and parented in Florida because at that time I thought there was too much gun violence. In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed an assault-weapons ban, which outlawed the AR-15 and other similar semi-automatic rifles.
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