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03.30.2009 4:00 pm

Using Mexico’s problems to advance gun restrictions in U.S.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I see where the spokesmen for our government and the mainstream media are blaming the US gun owners for supplying the Mexican drug cartels with firearms. How ridiculous! To suggest I’ve sent two dozen AK-47’s, along with a box of…

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11.17.2008 12:21 pm

Gun proliferation makes it feel like the Wild West

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Human beings are not infallible. We are flawed. Our roadways are littered daily with the evidence of split second decisions. Despite Driver’s Ed, The Rules of the Road, and licensed to drive, many of our decisions are influenced far more…

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10.21.2008 6:10 pm

Mo. Leg. forgot to include parks as place off-limits to concealed weapons

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Whether by design or oversight, failure of the Missouri Legislature to include public parks as one of the venues that may prohibit concealed weapons was a grievous mistake and should be corrected when the lawmakers convene in January. Park lands,…

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10.02.2008 5:55 pm

Why is there so much violence?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You know I can’t believe it! I am so SICK of hearing about shootings of innocent men, women, teens, and children that I honestly cannot stand it!!! How many times have we had prayer vigils; have people talked about “taking…

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07.05.2008 10:28 am

Gun laws don’t proetct law-abiding citizens; guns do

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 Gun laws state-wide protect citizens from violence, according to Rod Blagojevich after the US Supreme Court’s decision striking down DC’s gun ban laws.  “Rose Man” Lee Nixon last week, as Blagojevich spoke, was currently lying in state at Lane Mortuary…

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06.02.2008 6:11 pm

Taking a closer look at Barack Obama’s “new message”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Senator Obama claims that he brings a new message to the people of the United States, that of hope, unity, and change.  Let’s examine that a bit further.

 

Obama claims that he is the one who can unite ‘everyone’ in the United…

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05.21.2008 2:12 pm

Gun crimes: Ruining lives, breaking hearts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why can’t our country keep guns away from potential criminals?  Why is that so hard to do? I realize guns are just a method to their  madness but it appears that even 40 surveillance cameras still won’t deter some who …

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04.02.2008 12:38 pm

We can’t pick and choose with the Constitution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

     In a recent edition of  the Sunday Post Dispatch, reader John W. Niebling suggests that the Second Amendment be interpreted as only allowing ownership of guns common at the time of the writing of that amendment.  While I do…

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03.25.2008 3:56 pm

Don’t move backward just to oppose individuals’ gun rights

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A March 23 letter to the editor suggests the right to bear arms should be restricted only to weapons available in 1791.

Let’s carry that logic to our other rights, starting with the First Amendment. Our right to free speech should be restricted only…

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02.20.2008 4:53 pm

The newest political platform: Murder

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As bad as the massacre of civil servants in Kirkwood is, it’s almost as disturbing to hear how many militants in our community rationalize this atrocity because the victims were people in government. The net of this thinking: if you’ve…

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