Articles Tagged “Second Amendment”
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Why Liberalism Is NOT A Dirty Word
BY VERN TURNER “What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label ‘Liberal’? If by ‘Liberal’ they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer’s dollar, then the record of this party and [...]
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Beware Those Crazy Gun Owners
BY DON NELSON It seems someone out there in the cyber world has decided that all gun owners fall under an umbrella definition that goes something like this: GUN OWNERS – Paranoid, fearful, insecure, anti-liberal, anti-Democrat, anti-social reform. This demographic of the population is irresponsible, thinks about ways to hurt others, when confronted starts to [...]
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The Second Amendment: Beginnings And Present
BY VERN TURNER Recent mass killings of our citizens by other citizens who enjoy the right to keep and bear arms kicked off many debates and calls for more laws, regulations and restrictions on the weapons used in some of these incidents. Advocates of Second Amendment rights divide themselves into the camps of fear of [...]
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The Tyranny Of Fear
BY VERN TURNER For the two months since the dreadful tragedy in Newtown, CT I’ve resisted writing any formal pieces discussing the issue of guns. Then, a deranged and unhinged former FBI agent e-mailed me an article written by the editor of something called The Natural News, Mike Adams. It was so shocking and disturbing [...]
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Who’s Liable?
BY RICHARD L. FRICKER It was always an axiom around my grandmother’s house that you did not toot your own trumpet. But then, there is the J.J. Cale comment from years ago, “Aint nobody goin’ do your jive for you, but you.” So it is with gun liability insurance. Following the gun legislation hearings on [...]
