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Tag: second amendment

Posted inEditor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: America’s Penchant for Guns Borders on Obsession, Not Our Second Amendment Rights

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 28, 2021December 21, 2021

Yes, the U.S. Constitution gives American citizens the right to keep and bear arms. But we do not have the right to use those arms as we please in order to carry out senseless warfare against those whom we dislike or with whom we disagree.

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