“It’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”

#Kirk, 2023.

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People pose in front of a new mural by anonymous artist Banksy on the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain. REUTERS/Simon Gardner

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Queen of hearts … one of last year’s barn owl chicks is ringed at the Kelly family’s farm in Co Down, UK. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the region, but the Kellys put up nest boxes and have managed to attract a breeding pair. “Seeing barn owls breed here for three years running is the ultimate reward for farming with nature,” Adam Kelly said

Photograph: Ulster Wildlife/PA

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