Dear Editor, In response to Linda Johnson’s letter ” Child abuse is preventable and gun violence is child abuse,” published in the Mountain Times last month, guns, per se, are not the problem. We didn’t have this problem 50 years […]
Tag: gun control
Action needed now to protect Vermont schoolchildren
By Gregory M. Thayer Editor’s note: Gregory M. Thayer is a candidate for lieutenant governor. When we look at shootings, we need to stop blaming inanimate objects — the guns— for these tragedies. They are not the problem. Criminals or […]
If reason prevailed, gun safety would too
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the publisher of the Addison Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. If commonsense gun control legislation can’t convince Republican Senators to protect their constituents for fear of upsetting the gun […]
Legislative update: gun control and tax changes
By Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington & Mendon A flurry of activity of various gun related issues highlighted activity at the State House this past week, prior to the Town Meeting recess. The legislature will return to Montpelier on […]
The new American revolution
By Marguerite Jill Dye How have we come to this point, America, that students who cowered in closets and classrooms, beside murdered classmates and coaches, must lead the charge to bring sense to our laws? How have we come to […]
Vermont mayors reiterate need for gun control
By Kelsey Neubauer, VTDigger.org A bipartisan coalition of mayors is asking lawmakers to put more stringent gun control measures in place. After the nation’s largest mass shooting in its history earlier in June killed 50 and injured 49 others in […]