Pop Goes the Liberal

| September 4, 2009 

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Hey, did you hear the one about the pro-gun-control northern liberal who walked into a gun shop and shooting range in Alabama? You’re about to. Here’s WBHM commentator Dan Carsen.

Dan Carsen is a freelance writer living in Birmingham.

 

 

 

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