Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
January 31, 2013

Harmon’s gun ownership column too simplistic

M.D. Harmon, in a recent newspaper column about gun ownership, offered a simplistic rationale for every house and every housewife to have a gun.
Published
January 31, 2013

How close is SAM’s link to the NRA?

I share Jim Andrews' disappointment as expressed in Another View: "Trahan's Compass does nothing to advance gun-control debate," (Jan. 22).
Published
January 31, 2013

GED offers hope to those who need it

I am a social worker who has worked with the disadvantaged for 16 years, trying to help them learn how to be part of a culture that attempts to include them and help them find acceptance and purpose.
Published
January 31, 2013

Difficult students don’t need adults to give up on them

Kids need alternatives and support, not to be "fired."
Published
January 31, 2013

Gun right protects us from the government

I have been reading the letters to the editor for some time and have written a few. I have come to these conclusions. Some of you would rather give this country over to our enemies then go against your political party. Others try to put new meaning into our laws and our Constitution. To begin with, if you want to know what the Constitution of this country means, what the Founding Fathers meant, it is all there in books.

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Published
January 30, 2013

Are kindergartners entitled to carry weapons?

I was interested to read David Trahan's article, "Maine Compass" ("The Maine Constitution affirms owning firearms is individual right," Jan. 17), regarding the right of all citizens to own guns, in particular, as protected in the Maine Constitution (1987 Amendment to Article 1, Section 16).
Published
January 30, 2013

Hiring Bearce a good, smart move for sheriff

I read the recent article about Jeff Bearce being hired as a lieutenant for the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office.
Published
January 30, 2013

Ask legislators to support ranked voting bill

We all know how Paul LePage became governor with only 39 percent of the vote: At the polls, we each had to choose just one candidate, and a Democrat and a similarly minded independent split the more liberal majority vote.
Published
January 30, 2013

Mass shootings not by law-abiding gun owners

I'm responding to Jim Chiddix's letter, "Hot heads with guns make poor decisions, people die" (Jan. 21).
Published
January 30, 2013

If person needs assault weapon, maybe pit bull, too

Robert Vitolo's letter of Jan. 8 and Michael A. Cameron's letter of Jan. 16 both state the same thing: The rights of the United States should be protected.