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Commentary: How a reasonable person became a pro-gun zealot

Many people have written letters wanting to know the answer to Ron Molen’s recent op-ed piece, “How do reasonable people become gun zealots?”

I was a 29-year-old stay-at-home mom with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University when I became a gun zealot.

I didn’t propose a Green New Deal, but I did help propose new pro-gun laws to the Utah Legislature and in Washington, D.C.

Although I was raised in small town Idaho, guns were considered mostly a “guy” thing. My dad was a World War II veteran who put his guns away after the war.