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Letter - Column had different slant on guns
Hats off to DuWayne Paul for the great article in the January 30 Echo Press: “Gun salesman of the year: Barack Obama.”
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Why suspend our right to firearms?
I hear you have created quite a response with your gun control position. I would like to add one more voice.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Gun column shortchanges the truth
A recent piece by regular columnist DuWayne Paul, titled “Gun salesman of the year: Barack Obama,” shortchanges both history and truth.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Column - Anything scientific must, of course, be a leftist lie
There is nothing more stubbornly reactionary than those who deny anything and everything scientific. Facts to these people are nothing but pesky nuisances or, worse, lies disguised as “facts” by the liberal news media.
Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Gun week fires up supporters
Gun week in the Minnesota Legislature came and went, but the debate is far from over. A former law enforcement officer, now a senator, pledges to continue the fight against weakening gun freedoms.
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Letter - Common sense measures needed for safety
Given the recent tragedies across the country and here in Minnesota, there has been a lot of discussion about how best to keep our kids and families safe while protecting our fundamental Second Amendment rights.
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Background checks creates paranoia
Concerning the non-stop, abhorrent vitriol aimed at anyone who would like to see a tightening of background checks for weapons ...
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Political Notebook: House votes to match state taxes with new federal law
Income tax returns Minnesotans file this spring will conform to new federal laws if state senators follow the House’s Monday action.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

Stolen guns, drugs found in bust
Stolen guns and marijuana were turned up in a drug bust in Osakis on January 28. According to the West Central Narcotics Task Force, a search warrant was issued at 11 West Main Street in Osakis, where officers recovered two stolen guns, marijuana, scales, packaging supplies and $2,310 in cash near the drugs.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Column - More guns are not the answer
I want to thank all of the readers who responded to my recent column about assault weapons. Some e-mail messages and letters were written in wholehearted agreement. Others were downright nasty and, as is so typical, mostly unsigned.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - No more gun control, plain and simple
As a former sheriff and current state senator, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the United States. I take this oath seriously. Unfortunately, it is apparent that some do not.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Dayton says Minnesota is OK but needs his budget
Minnesota’s financial picture is improving, Governor Mark Dayton proclaimed in his Wednesday night State of the State address, but policies in the last decade have hampered progress.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Gun supporters say 'assault' rifles are like hunting rifles
So-called assault weapons are nothing more than fancy hunting rifles, gun supporters told a Minnesota House committee Wednesday. A federal ban on the guns that expired in 2004 did not work, Chris Rager of the National Rifle Association told the House public safety committee. “This firearms ban, it’s a failed policy.”
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Letter - Why don't we mourn these thousands?
It makes no sense to me. We all mourned the lives that were taken at Newtown, CT. Why don’t we mourn the same for the thousands that we contribute to this massacre?
Wednesday, February, 06, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Is it OK for other nations to bully America?
President Obama and Congress are giving 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt. Yearly, America puts $1.3 billion into Egypt’s military (people who stone and behead people under Sharia law).
Wednesday, February, 06, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Obama: Americans need to push for gun violence solution
President Barack Obama says citizens must make their opinions heard on gun violence issues for change to be possible, and Monday he had the support of at least one member of an audience of law enforcement officials, lawmakers and local leaders on that point.
Wednesday, February, 06, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Legislative Notebook: Bill advances to save Minnesota taxpayers’ money this year
As many as 192,000 Minnesotans would benefit if state legislators quickly pass a bill matching state tax law with federal law, the state House Taxes Committee chairwoman says.
Tuesday, February, 05, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

News Briefs: Man gets 15 years for totem pole death
The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communications Company newspapers in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Tuesday, February, 05, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

Commentary - That pesky Constitution wasn't mentioned in Dalman's column
The column contained plenty of insults and ridicule directed at those who might have a different viewpoint. The radical left would be so proud of Dalman’s clever mastery of those Saul Alinsky tactics of intimidation. Alinsky himself would have marveled at his ability to avoid references, evidence and facts to support his emotional outrage.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Sheriff will not enforce any new gun laws
Interestingly, yet not widely known, we have a brave individual among us Minnesotans in that of Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole. Sheriff Cole announced to the press that he, in his capacity as sheriff of Pine County, will not enforce any new gun bans in his jurisdiction.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

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