What remains to be seen is whether he has inflicted a mortal wound on himself.

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For example, when a lone gunman opened fire on Christmas shoppers in a Portland Mall last December, an individual who thankfully did not realize the mall was a gun free zone stopped the killer simply by pulling his own gun and aiming it at the gunman who then inflicted a mortal wound upon himself.

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But if in the coming weeks Italy and Spain fail to do that, declining confidence in their ability to repay their debts will look even more like a potentially mortal wound for the eurozone.

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