Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 209
These things may not of themselves be very harm-ful, but the wounds they make are the same asthose made by ~^^ ^jr-^ gunpowder, and sureto cause great n^ //--^~/ pain, and perhapssickness anddeath. ■ … Now, boys, if youmust have a gun,why not wait till you are able touse a real one with safety ? Inthis country, every man has aright to carry a gun — not a pistolor revolver, but a real musket orrifle, to be used in defending the country. These pis-tols are only toys, but they are very dangerous…
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