John Kerry Nominated as Secretary of State, NRA Calls for More Guns and Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- John Kerry, who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been nominated for Secretary of State by President Barack Obama. You may not know this, but Kerry was instrumental in changing the way that Clarkston, Ga., dealt with its refugee population. Kerry was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and re-elected in 1990, 1996 and 2002, according to Biography.com. He ran for president in 2004 against George W. Bush, and he lost. Other notable accomplishments: ---------- The NRA has called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools in a recent press conference. …
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rodzzz
4:29 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
I don't see how you justify gun ownership. As long as everyone with guns is just defending themselves, it can theoretically work. But it doesn't work in a society where mental illness is poorly identified and violence is not well policed. Then it's just adding fuel to the fire. As for the NRA, their position doesn't make sense at all. See this satirical piece on the NRA's illlogic: http://… more ›