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I am fascinated by clever commentaries like Dave Andersons recent submission (If Democrats show respect for the 2nd Amendment, Republicans will compromise on gun safety legislation, June 2). Mr. Anderson seems so earnest in his attempt to bring us all together on the crisis of gun violence in America, but is he?

Mr. Anderson suggests that there is only one thing holding Republicans back from entertaining sensible gun restrictions. And you guessed it, its Democrats. His thesis is that Republicans would be onboard if Democrats would just show respect for the Second Amendment. Thats all.

The writer explains that it is very simple if you threaten what I love, I will fight to keep it. Well, guess what. Most of us love our families, our children and going to public places without the fear of being gunned down indiscriminately by rapid fire assault rifles. And we are ready to fight for that.

This articles real intent seems to be to inject the word, confiscation, into the conversation. Pro-gun advocates use the straw man of confiscation as a shield from meaningful discussion. Confiscation, seriously? No one is scheming to confiscate that gun you love so much, except perhaps those Americans who are burying their children this week after an 18-year-old used his birthday money to buy an AR-15 since he couldnt legally buy beer.

Mr. Anderson sums up his meeting of the minds argument with this: If Democrats show respect for the Second Amendment, compromise is possible. If not, the slaughter will continue.

I have another idea. Why dont Republican lawmakers start showing respect for the Second Amendment? Stop raising money by fear mongering confiscation. Stop glorifying your long rifles on campaign ads and Christmas cards. Show some honest respect for your constituents and start doing the hard work of coming to the table with real ideas for real compromise. If not, the slaughter will continue.

Mitch Vitullo, Columbia

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To the Editor:

This whole discussion of assault rifles is filled with emotion, misleading information, outright false information and propaganda. Many democrats want to eliminate guns altogether. They tend to spin the Second Amendment to make it fit their desires. Lets look at the facts:1: The Second Amendment (if you read the Federalist papers) was enacted because our founding fathers wanted a check against the threat of a totalitarian government. It gave us the right to keep and bear arms. President Biden makes the ridiculous observation that we cant own a cannon. No one wants to own a cannon. We cant own a jet fighter either. However, we can own a gun to use for sport or for protection.We cant own a machine gun or a bazooka. Those are weapons of war. The democrats and gun control people want to try to classify most legally owned guns as weapons of war so they can have them confiscated. An assault weapon is a weapon that is fully automatic, like a machine gun. The AR15 is a semi-automatic firing gun and is not a weapon of war. It may look like a weapon of war but it isnt. However, President Biden and other democrats would have you believe it is a weapon of war.2: There are millions of guns in the United States. Most families own at least one gun for protection. There are many gun enthusiasts who own many guns they use for hunting and sport. They dont shoot people. Mentally ill and evil people use guns and bombs and knives to kill innocent people. This is not a gun issue, its a mental health issue.

Larry MoranVillage of Mallory Square

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by Kevin Cody

Lance Dominguez, of Torrance, spent two weeks working with Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach city hall, police, and fire officials to get a permit for Saturdays March for Our Lives. The march drew an estimated 200 gun legislation supporters, who met at noon at the Manhattan Beach Pier, and marched to the Hermosa Beach pier for a rally on Pier Plaza. The permit required he pay for security.

I find it ironic, Dominguez told the marchers, that it is more difficult to organize a peaceful march than for an 18-year-old to walk into a store, and walk out with an AR-15, and 100 rounds of ammunition. If exercising my First Amendment right to assembly can be regulated to protect public safety, shouldnt the same be true of those exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms? he asked.

Seaside is the Christmas lights neighborhood. You may have even bought hot chocolate from Rebeccas son David, Dominguez said.

Boldrick introduced herself over the loudspeakers as a former Torrance School District teacher. Her son David, and daughter Lauren attended Seaside Elementary, Calle Mayor Middle School, and South High School before the family moved to Parkland, Florida in 2016.

The Torrance School District began active shooter drills after the mass shooting in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School (in Newtown, Connecticut). But I never dreamed my childrens school would have an active shooter, Boldrick said.

On Feb. 14, 2018, Boldricks son and daughter were in class at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, when former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, opened fire on students and teachers with an AR-15 assault rifle, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others.

David and Laurens childhood ended that day. My daughter lost four of her best friends, Boldrick said.

The following month, her son David Hogg, co-organized the inaugural March for Life on Washington D.C. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential People in 2018.

The March for Our Lives (South Bay) gets underway at the Manhattan Beach Pier June 11. Photo by Garth Meyer

Saturdays March for Life was one of hundreds nationwide, held in response to the May 24 killing of 19 students, and two teachers, and the wounding of 17 others at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas by an AR-15, wielded by 18-year-old Uvalde High School student Salvador Ramos.

Following Boldricks recorded address, former Torrance school counselor Christine Macinnis told the marchers, Over 90 percent of mass shootings are by young white men. But it is easier to get a gun than a therapist We cant keep saying this is a mental health issue without providing mental health.

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, who was reelected last Tuesday to a fifth term representing the 66 Assembly District, said California has the strongest gun laws in California. Its 111 gun laws include background check requirements; and a red flag ban on high risk people having guns..

In January, Muratsuchi co-authored a bill that would prohibit manufacturing, andr assembling unserialized firearms, commonly known as ghost guns.

Im proud to say every time the National Rifle Association releases a scorecard, I get an F, Muratsuchi said.

The rally was briefly interrupted when a man, who declined to identify himself, approached the speaker stage and shouted, What about the pharmaceutical industry? They kill more people than guns. (Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death, after heart disease, and cancer in the United States and Europe, according to the website PubMed.com).

Marcher Justin House, of Hermosa Beach, guided the anti protester away from the stage. He and Hermosa Beach Police Josh Droz, kept the man engaged in conversation until the rally ended, approximately 30 minutes later. ER

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Patrick Mullen| St. Cloud

To the editor:

Our Constitution was written as a document to stand the test of time.In fact, the Second Amendment was added to the original document. It states A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.It can be changed. Assault weapons should not be in the hands of private citizens.

It is time to change the Second Amendment. Personally, I support the right of people to have a rifle for hunting or a personal gun for protection.Purchasing and being in possession of guns that are meant for mass murders needs to be restricted.

My congressman Tom Emmer's statements on his website need to be changed. Common-sense gun laws are needed. In the words of the president: When in God's name will we get the backbone to stand up to the gun lobby.

Congress is complicit, we need to vote for candidates that will demand changes that will limit weapons that are intended for mass shootings.Congressman Emmer, I encourage you to be a hero and stand up to the gun lobby.

Vote only for candidates that support common-sense legislation regulating weapons of mass murder.It is time in God's name to make a change.

Patrick Mullen

St. Cloud

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It's time to change the Second Amendment: Letter - SC Times

Former President Donald Trump repeated his support for a constitutional right to bear arms before his scheduled speech Friday at a National Rifle Association (NRA) event. Meanwhile, the Senate's top Republican, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, has signaled his openness to "a bipartisan solution that's directly related to the facts" in response to Tuesday's mass school shooting in Texas.

Calling into Sebastian Gorka's America First radio show on Thursday, Trump said the Second Amendment, which gun rights advocates say protects gun ownership, is crucial to Americans' safety and well-being.

"But on Friday night, I'll be in Houston and we'll be making a speech and discussing a lot of the things which you would agree to and, you know, you have to protect. You have to protect your Second Amendment. You have to give that Second Amendment great protection because without it we would be a very dangerous country, frankly," Trump said.

On Tuesday, 19 children and two teachers were killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman, an 18-year-old dropout named Salvador Ramos, was eventually killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent inside the school. The killings have renewed demands for federal gun control legislation, which has encountered Republican opposition after similar events, such as Connecticut's Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012. Twenty children and six adults died in that incident.

On the same day as Trump's remarks, McConnell said he directed Texas GOP Senator John Cornyn to talk to two Democratic senators, Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema and Connecticut's Chris Murphy, as well as "others who are interested in trying to get an outcome that is directly related to the problem" of gun violence, according to CNN.

McConnell added, "I am hopeful that we could come up with a bipartisan solution."

Following the shooting, Murphy spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday and, in a video that has been viewed more than 2 million times, passionately asked the chamber's members, "What are we doing?"

He went on to ask his colleagues why they spend so much time and effort becoming senators "if your answer is that as the slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing."

During his interview with Gorka, who was Trump's deputy adviser on national security issues, the former president noted the timing of his upcoming speech to the NRA. "You know I'm making a speech at the NRA in Houston. It'll be very interesting. It's, you know, an interesting time to be making such a speech, frankly."

Trump also touched on other subjects, such as election integrity; the documentary 2000 Mules, which claims to have evidence of voter fraud in the last presidential race; and Representative Liz Cheney. The Wyoming Republican has been an outspoken critic of the former president and is on the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

"Then, on Saturday night, I'm going to Wyoming to campaign against Liz Cheney, who's absolutely atrocious, the job she's done," Trump said.

Newsweek reached out to McConnell's office and a Trump representative for further comments.

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