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Moderator’s introduction

By Tom Sabulis
May 17, 2013

Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

Gun control remains a big issue in Georgia, which has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation. Today, gun owners weigh in on recent gun control efforts. An attorney writes that state legislators seem more interested in expanding gun rights than protecting people, while a real estate agent says the U.S. Senate’s background checks bill was too vague for him.

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