Letters to the Editor
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NIU tragedy calls for drastic actionFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I write this with a great deal of sadness in the wake of the great tragedy at NIU. We need to write our legislature and demand that we get the guns off the streets. We s...
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Government failed us once again at NIUFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - After the Northern Illinois University incident, I've noticed the usual rhetoric from the anti-gun zealots demanding even more gun laws. I do not think that laws are the...
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Let us carry guns for self-defenseFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The tragedies at NIU, Lane Bryant, Virginia Tech and Brown's Chicken are horrific beyond measure. Our prayers reach out through heaven to the families and their lost so...
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Goudie a master of 20-20 hindsightFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I can't believe how lucky we are to have Chuck Goudie. His column in the Feb. 18th paper spells out all the "red flags" of the NIU shooting in such detail that even th...
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Dubious stimulus effect of tax rebatesFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Regarding rebate checks as an economic stimulus, Matson's cartoon in the Feb. 9 Daily Herald speaks volumes. It shows Uncle Sam chained to the interest payments on the n...
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Go circumvent the law somewhere elseFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Why are attorneys Al Kirkland Jr., John Dalton and Shirley Sadjadi so opposed to those who want to uphold U.S. law? Calling these folks "bullies" "hate-mongers" and "ra...
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Red flags existed; we didn't noticeFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Reports initially said absolutely no red flags existed to predict the NIU gunman would open fire on a classroom full of students. Red flags are not painted over night....
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Toughen standards to get FOID cardsFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The tragic slaying of students at Virginia Tech and most recently at NIU are probably unpreventable as our society's gun laws are structured. Attempts to keep firearms ...
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Attack problem at source -- the ammoFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I read today a bit about the company that sold equipment to the person who did the shooting at NIU. In it, the owner states he sold this person two magazines that hold 3...
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Thanks for the use of polling placeFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to thank Nancy Burton for allowing the voters in Wauconda to use the park district gym as a polling place for the primary election. Nancy and her staff ass...