President Barack Obama arms Iran and cannot wait to disarm lawful Americans. What does that tell anyone? For those people who do not believe that statement — Iran will be allowed conventional weapons in five years; long-range missiles in eight … if they follow the agreement. Obama and the progressives will keep taking gun rights […]
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Hillary pushes familiar gun-control measures
Hillary Clinton has a new gun agenda that is the same as the old gun agenda. We all are appalled and heartsick over the country’s mass shootings, which aren’t any less shocking for their routine occurrence. But that doesn’t mean we know how to stop them. The Pavlovian Democratic reaction is to offer a raft […]
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Hide perpetrator’s identity
Another day, another mass shooting in America. More hand-wringing and grief counselors and vigils. I have a suggestion for Congress: Enact laws to prevent the identity of the killer from being revealed. This country is awash in guns and I don’t see any way out of that one. But, for the disturbed, angry young men […]
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Immune to the horror?
The following facts about the 21st century are closely connected: • Almost every day, innocent people lose their lives to gun violence; • The United States has the highest per-capita rate of gun ownership of any developed nation; • Legislators, the National Rifle Association and other gun-huggers have misinterpreted the Second Amendment (which was intended […]
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J. Cimino: Senator out of touch with sportsmen
Sen. John Cleveland should be ashamed of his vote on LD 1240. He voted to restrict some military veterans from obtaining concealed weapons permits by increasing the minimum age for a permit from 18 to 21. Also, he voted to create a new program to make it more difficult to access firearms courses while establishing […]
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Giffords in Maine with Michaud ahead of midterm push on guns
AUGUSTA — Trying to make good on a promise to make gun control a part of the midterm election debate, Gabby Giffords will visit Maine on Saturday to raise money for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud as her team prepares a multistate campaign after Labor Day. The appearance is among the former Arizona congresswoman’s first […]
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S. Groleau: Thank you, Mr. LaFlamme
Kudos to Mark LaFlamme’s “Street Talk” of March 3 — “Live free or live in Connecticut.” It is very refreshing to read a column about gun control that illustrates the absurdity of lawmakers who would incarcerate otherwise law-abiding citizens, using gestapo methods to raid homes and arrest good citizens, all while lawyers and judges continue […]
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J. Barron: Trained to protect themselves
This is in response to a letter from Heidi Weber (Feb. 14). In the photo that was published on Jan. 27, I saw an adult coaching a child shooting a paintball gun and having fun. Somehow, another individual sees the same photo and envisions the next Sandy Hook. We live in a world where criminals […]
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EL students: Make personal safety top issue
What problems should Congress mainly focus on in 2014? Safety of the citizens of the United States. We hope Congress feels the same way and will strongly pursue the issue of gun control. Everyone in the U.S. knows what happened in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012. At Sandy Hook Elementary School, 20-year-old Adam Lanza burst […]
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Ex-US Rep. Gabby Giffords attends N.Y. gun show
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns Sunday in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward for people to come together to stop gun violence. The former Arizona congresswoman visited the Saratoga Springs Arms Fair with […]