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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 5, 2007

Guardians of the Second Amendment

Forum Column – By Donald Kilmer - As long as those advocating “common-sense” gun control are perceived as the same people pounding the drum for ignoring or repealing the Second Amendment, this country will remain entrenched in a polarized standoff over gun policy.

FORUM COLUMN

By Donald Kilmer

      On April 27, the Daily Journal ran two articles. One written by Karen Mathis, president of the American Bar Association, and the other by Harry Rosenfeld, editor at large for the Albany Times Union. The articles had different approaches, but both addressed issues raised by the shootings at Virginia Tech.
      What the articles had in common was the rhetorical que...

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