Letters
Editor, It’s time for those of you who are responsible gun owners to help find a solution for the problem of mass shootings in this country. Instead of focusing on what we do or do not have the “right” to do, let’s focus on responsibility. Let’s focus on the “well-regulated” part of the Second Amendment. A gun-owning neighbor and I found we could agree on 3 points to resolve the problem of massacres of innocent civilians. 1) There should be a national database listing people who should not be allowed to own guns. 2) The purchase of body armor and bulk purchase of semi-automatic weapons and ammunition should be prohibited. 3) The age to purchas...
Editor, With all the talk about the 2nd amendment, you’d think there might be more about what the words actually mean. Do they mean one thing to legal scholars and another to most Americans? “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to ...
Editor, The killings in this country continue. And in this country, we pride ourselves in our freedoms. These freedoms can make it difficult for our nation’s control over malicious actions. Our freedoms do provide an avenue to those who have malicious tendencies to perpetrate horrible actions ...
Editor, Make no mistake: opposition to legal abortion is about controlling women, taking women’s rights away, and imposing religious law. If we follow this anti-abortion movement to its logical conclusion, women will be compelled to have babies and will lose the autonomy and equality they have worke...
Editor, I’m appalled by the fact that an 18-year-old can just walk into a gun shop and buy two A-15 assault rifles, then walk into a elementary school and barricades himself in a classroom of innocent children, and start shooting to kill 19 children and two adults - well three, if you count the gun ...
Editor, I just voted in the 2022 state primary, like many civic-minded Montanans. I was utterly dismayed to learn that my “write-in” section of the ballot doesn’t count. I filled in all my choices on my ballot. When it came to the “write-in” section, I chose to write-in ca...
Editor, America has an emergency: a nationwide shortage of baby formula. The U.S. Congress voted on a bill to address it by boosting inspections of foreign and domestic suppliers of infant formula to increase the supply, so that in U.S. grocery stores parents can be assured that what they buy to feed thei...
Editor, I read where Clarence Thomas voiced his opinion that public trust in the Supreme Court has become voided because of the recent proposed decision to curtail or end the right to a woman’s abortion choice. Not true. It began several years ago when the Senate took control of appointments and mad...
Editor, If you want to see the real facts concerning Renewable Energy, you need to watch this five minute video. Just do a search with the words “How Much Energy Will the World Need?” A few sites will come up with the link to watch this short video. This is the best explanation of our situatio...
Editor, Steve Stanley has my vote for County Commissioner. In the short time Steve has been in the commissioner’s office, he has worked diligently and successfully to improve the lives of all the citizens of Lake County. His work on the living conditions in our county jail has substantially improved...
