Marty McClendon takes the wrong approach in stating, “We have to balance safety and people’s rights” (“In our view: Habib for Lt. Governor,” Sept. 26, The Columbian).
Gun rights, McClendon’s so-called people’s rights, have been a diversionary tactic used by the NRA to protect the gun industry. It is time for the gun industry to be regulated just as the tobacco industry has been.
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