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Ron Martz: Debate over firearms sticks to the extremes

Hard-line positions fail to consider other causes for shootings or seek real solutions

Students from Montgomery County, Md., in suburban Washington, rally Feb. 21 in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, at the Capitol in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press, file)

03042018 NRA PROTESTS — Students from Montgomery County, Md., in suburban Washington, rally Feb. 21 in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, at the Capitol in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press, file)

The levels of anger and hysteria over gun control emanating from both sides in the wake of the Feb. 14 Parkland, Fla., shootings is not surprising.