I hereby nominate LaVarr Webb for the 2003 "Candide Award." His naive support for the Safe-To-Learn ballot initiative could not have been more ill-timed. Is he not aware that a male janitor was raped twice this week on the "gun-free" U. of U. campus?
Does Webb not understand that criminals don't obey laws or that stopping law-abiding, licensed adults from carrying their concealed firearms anywhere only makes it easier for the bad guys to find unarmed victims?
Jim Dexter
Taylorsville
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Although this scanning provides an opportunity to aid in drug arrests, the legal protections against misuse of this information is not yet reliable enough to earn our trust.
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U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts faces an intimidating situation: support Obamacare and cheered for it, or reject it and be seen as a partisan who has delegitimized the court.
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