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It really is difficult to see Sandpoint having a truly honest dialogue about gun ownership when most of the local coverage is devoted to only one side of the conversation — the side that gives the impression that guns should be confiscated. Oh, sure those proponents will say they do not want to take guns away, because after all, it is a constitutional right. But what they say and what they mean is grossly inconsistent. For instance, Rebecca Holland, seemingly a very active community organizer-type, says the students marching want “sensible gun reform” and then later says “ … it is more than just gun reform that is needed.” Whether listening to David Hogg, who has gone off on white privilege, or the many celebs with their bodyguards, the true call for gun control emerges. There does not seem to be a good faith effort by the activists who attack anyone who opposes them.

Kyle Kashuv, another MSD student survivor, has a good common sense question: “Why shouldn’t a single mom under the age of 20 be able to protect herself?” Kyle also has provided statistical facts from the FBI showing that 3 percent of all gun deaths are from assault rifles. Nick Freitas, a politician in Virginia, has pointed out that Planned Parenthood is responsible for more deaths than have assault rifles and gives more money to politicians than does the NRA. Condoleezza Rice, once U.S. Secretary of State, has stated, more or less, “Gun rights protected black Americans from racists.”

JEREMY CONLIN

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