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Letter: Second Amendment about much more than hunting
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Since the murders in Newtown, Conn., elitist progressives, President Obama, his "O" Group, the other politicians on the East Coast and West Coast and other would-be tyrants, have called for gun control. They want control of the entire nation and all of the people. To do this the people must be disarmed. This was and is the way of Stalin, Hitler, Castro, Pol Pot, Mao and Assad. When you hear the blather that no one needs a semi-automatic loading rifle or a magazine that holds more than four or five rounds to hunt, remember that the Second Amendment was not entered into the Bill of Rights for hunting animals, but to defend our nation against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Today we have more domestic than foreign enemies. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey stated, "The right of the citizen to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America but which historically has proven to be always possible." Humphrey was a liberal and proud of it, but he never sought to destroy America. Today, the liberals have turned into a sect that hates the American principles of freedom and self-determination in a free enterprise system. The most illogical thing about all of the similar murder episodes in the past few years is that the progressives never punish the guilty. Only the innocent are punished with regulations, laws, threats of confiscation and any other lame-brained idea thought of. They would sooner see you die at the hands of a killer than see you protect yourself and your loved ones. Robert Koehler, Andover 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
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1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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