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Chris Bradley: Waiting periods for gun purchases will not work

A waiting period will be ineffective for the simple reason that people plan. When someone decides to hop in their car, go to a store, fake any distress, buy a firearm and then go home and kill themselves with it, that’s a plan.

April 29, 2019 in Commentary.
Public domain

McClaughry: Nuclear regulation

If you’re interested in learning why the U.S. is lagging far back in developing safe, efficient, modular nuclear reactors, look no further than the ordeal of NuScale, an Oregon startup company.

April 29, 2019 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/todos

Trump scraps Obama-era UN arms treaty opposed by Second Amendment backers

“We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedoms,” the president said. “We will never ratify the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. I hope you’re happy.”

April 29, 2019 in U.S..
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Vice President Pence has word for Bernie about jailed felons voting: ‘Not on our watch’

“The same people who want to restrict the right to keep and bear arms of law-abiding citizens believe the Boston Marathon Bomber should be given the right to vote on Death Row,” Pence blasted.

April 29, 2019 in U.S..
U.S. National Guard

One in seven drivers with kids in car test positive for THC, Washington state finds

As the the Vermont Legislature wrestles with the highway safety implications of marijuana “tax and regulate” legalization, a new study reports that in tax-and-regulate Washington state, one in seven drivers with kids in their cars test positive for marijuana.

April 28, 2019 in TNR News.
Josh Estey/AusAID/Wikimedia Commons

Video: Should felons vote while in prison?

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said the right to vote is “even for terrible people” who might have committed “a terrible crime” at a town hall Monday.

April 28, 2019 in Videos.
Wikimedia Commons/ObserverNY

Three of the most telling failures of socialism

It’s up to us to tell the truth. Socialists promise a classless society but create the prison camps of the Gulag and the Isle of Pines. They assure peace but engage in wars of national liberation.

April 28, 2019 in Commentary.
The Heritage Foundation

Despite differences, civil discourse is still possible

America is doomed to an ideological civil war along racial, sexual, class, and religious divides. The best we can do is retreat to our own ideological bunkers and brace for the coming war. There’s nothing we can do to stop it. Or is there?

April 28, 2019 in Commentary.
Michael Bielawski/TNR

Statehouse Headliners: Marijuana bill would allow high-concentrate edibles, encourage ‘illicit’ growers to seek licenses

The latest version of the marijuana bill may encourage current illegal growers to seek licenses; put towns in ‘opt-out’ status, not ‘opt-in’; allow sale of high-concentration edibles; and permit roadside blood drawing.

April 26, 2019 in TNR News.

Dialogues with Meg Hansen: Why are Vermonters losing out on federal health cost-cutting reforms?

In the second part of our dialogue with Joyce Hottenstein, a small business owner from Rutland, and Peter Briggs, a dairy farmer from Addison, we look at the demise of association health plans in Vermont and how Vermonters can change the direction of policymaking in our state.

April 26, 2019 in Videos.
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Bennington to form energy committee to combat global warming

The move, which is the first recommendation in the recently adopted town Energy Plan, was urged by members of Climate Action of Bennington and the Bennington County Regional Commission during a Feb. 25 board meeting.

April 26, 2019 in TNR News.
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US Sens. Grassley and Johnson seek texts on FBI spying on Trump transition team

“Any improper FBI surveillance activities that were conducted before or after the 2016 election must be brought to light and properly addressed,” Grassley and Johnson wrote.

April 26, 2019 in U.S..

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