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Maine mass shooting reflects years of gun control inaction
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Editorial
Maine mass shooting reflects years of gun control inaction
What happened in Lewiston is happening everywhere all at once; it’s all connected.
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Opinion
Why mass shootings won’t get tough gun control
A clearly perturbed and perplexed President Biden demanded that Congress take action to toughen gun controls. Biden made the demand after yet another round of what has now become near ritual in America. That is mass shootings.
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Opinion
Turning America into a gunfight at the OK Corral
The NRA’s money and influence and the saber-rattling of gun control opponents are only part of the reason that tougher gun control laws, no matter how many heartbreaking massacres occur, always face a tough fight. Gun ownership is a fact of American life and a rigidly protected constitutional right.
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Violence — a national tradition
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Editorial
Violence — a national tradition
Some people seek security and protection by being armed, but guns have become a menace in American society.
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