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w:Jane Brody (May 21 1997), "Personal Health", The New York Times
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Guns are the second most deadly consumer product, after cars, on the market. Many consumer products, from lawn darts to the Dalkon Shield, have been banned in the United States, even though they claimed only a fraction of the lives guns do in a day.

— Josh Sugarmann

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Guns are the second most deadly consumer product, after cars, on the market. Many consumer products, from lawn darts to the Dalkon Shield, have been banned in the United States, even though they claimed only a fraction of the lives guns do in a day." in the context of "w:Jane Brody (May 21 1997), "Personal Health", The New York Times" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Josh Sugarmann" (Quotes, 1990s) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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About Josh Sugarmann

Josh Sugarmann is an American activist for gun control in the United States. He is the executive director and founder in 1988 of the Violence Policy Center, a non-profit advocacy and educational organization, and the author of two books on gun control.