OpinionSeptember 27, 2013
Speak Out 9/27/13
In response to the misinformed police sergeant: The purpose of the Second Amendment, as defined by the writer, is to ensure that the citizenry is able to defend itself from corrupt government and law enforcement. This requires the citizens be armed with the same weapons the military and police have. Furthermore, you haven't defined an "assault weapon." A shotgun was used in the Navy yard...
Second Amendment
In response to the misinformed police sergeant: The purpose of the Second Amendment, as defined by the writer, is to ensure that the citizenry is able to defend itself from corrupt government and law enforcement. This requires the citizens be armed with the same weapons the military and police have. Furthermore, you haven't defined an "assault weapon." A shotgun was used in the Navy yard.
Kinder, exchanges
I thought the Republican Party was all about allowing people to make up their own minds about matters -- freedom of choice, if you will. And yet Missouri's lieutenant governor seems to be telling 800,000 uninsured Missourians and others to trust him and to under no circumstances sign up for an insurance program available on the federal health care exchange, starting Oct. 1.
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Clippard traffic
I wish somebody would do something about the traffic in front of Clippard School. You go down there and it takes 15 or 20 minutes just to get by the school. Somebody is going to get hurt.
Jensen's column
Breaking news! Mike Jensen has caved on Obamacare. He recommends that Republicans assume a fallback position and adopt other issues on which to take stand. Ted Cruz and Sean Hannity would consider Jensen an appeaser. I consider him a common sense conservative.
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