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Letter: No more children need to die

By Lynn Brown, Vancouver
Published: April 4, 2023, 6:00am

Republicans like to campaign against Democrats on cultural issues. This year they have used the word “woke” as an attack against Democrats. Woke? Like I woke up this morning? This is one of the silliest things they have done in awhile.

Democrats counter that they are proud to be woke. Instead of falling into that nonsense, they need to really go after them on the gun issue. Schoolchildren are getting afraid to go to school and parents are afraid to send them. They now have to go through mass shooter drills. One Republican suggested that parents need to start home-schooling their children. Really? Most people cannot do that when both parents work.

Republicans will not ban assault weapons no matter how many children die. They think target shooting is more important than children’s lives. They have no shame. Eighty percent of Americans are for the ban. Democrats go after them on this. Shame them! I voted for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. She needs to rethink her position on AR-15s. They are just way too dangerous to be in the hands of ordinary people and they should be for police officers only. No more children need to die.

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