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There was a gun -free zone around the arena at the 2016 Republican National
Convention. At the time, then -leadership candidate Donald Trump correctly noted
on ABC's This Week that delegates risked "becoming sitting ducks, utterly helpless
against evildoers, criminals." Firearm -free zones exist at most U.S. political
conferences, even at some National Rifle Association events, and for that matter at
many Trump Hotels — and that makes perfect sense.
However, making every single school in the United States a gun -free zone is surely
impossible, and until U.S. politicians find the courage to set aside their collective
political safety and enact proper gun laws in that country, this needless and
constant killing of innocent people will continue (At Least 17 Dead After Former
Student Opens Fire At Florida High School, Feb. 14). In the meantime, all those in U.S.
schools are sitting ducks, utterly and truly helpless.
Sean Hayes, Calgary
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History repeating
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley may be the clear winner but everyone else loses if the
Trans Mountain pipeline is expanded (Pipelines And Politics: Notley Is The Clear
Winner, Feb. 14).
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