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She is correct that few Republicans in Texas own assault rifles. Or few in the USA for that matter. It’s been illegal to manufacture new automatic weapons for civilian use since May 19,1986. Now, it is not illegal to own one. That is if you have $15 to over $70 thousand to buy one from an already licensed owner willing to sell, plus paying another $200 for a Federal Transfer Stamp (that has to stay with the firearm at all times) plus a background check and investigation by a National Agency with 10-point finger printing. Then wait 8 months. By the way, this only happens when your State does prohibit ownership. Under very limited circumstances can you legality own an automatic weapon in the USA. You just can’t walk into Walmart or Bass Pro Shop and buy a fully automatic weapon, AK-47 or assault rifle-whatever you want to call them. They are a short compact selective fire weapon that fires a cartridge of intermediate power between submachine gun and rifle. They are capable of delivering effective full-automatic fire. What you can buy that is designed to look like an AK-47 is a semiautomatic. Deady, Yes, but not an assault rifle, an AK- 47 or an automatic. Law-abiding Texans already don’t have assault weapons under Law. I repeat, that ban has been in place since 1986. What is needed is for the agencies involved is to their jobs on the background check laws already in place.
Read moreMs Hull writes to inform us as to what she “believes” concerning the possession and use of an ill-defined object she refers to as an “assault rifle”. In doing so, she is either remarkably uninformed or willfully repeating a common propaganda theme of Democrat agenda to disarm the citizens of the US. Many readers will recognize that as her term for some variant of an AR15 .
Read moreIt is very disappointing to see a large out-of-state company like Young Life come to this corner of Texas and attempt to pollute the Sabinal River in Western Bandera County. No doubt Young Life is an admirable organization. The work they do has touched many people in positive ways. Why then would they want to sully their reputation, make enemies of the people in the community, and betray their mission statement in order to discharge treated sewage into the Sabinal River? One has to wonder that if other entities in the region rely on a land application process to dispose of sewage-Leakey, Camp Wood, HEB Camp, Garner Park, Lost Maples Park, Camp OTX, the summer camps near Hunt, the Baptist Encampment in Rio Frio, La Jita Girls Scout Camp, and Camp Eagle-why can’t Young Life do the same?
Read moreIt is very disheartening to see that over 20 percent of Texans, up to 33 percent, will not get the COVID-19 vaccinations. That means that we will never have herd immunity, and the disease will be In the USA forever (or until all non-vaxxers are dead). It also means that masks and other PPE will be required whenever one leaves one’s home.
Read moreIn reply to Mike Olive’s Feb. 3 letter asking “how long do we have to wait” about the 2020 election,
Read moreI would like to take a brief moment to thank everyone who called or wrote to share their thoughts about last week’s Bulletin, some of which have been printed in this week’s issue while the rest asked to remain anonymous.
Read moreCity servants in a special meeting decided COVID-19 threat is not critical enough to necessitate enforcement to protect the public, but they are concerned enough for their exposure to COVID-19 that they do not allow the public to attend the public meetings. Double Standards? The city officials are not concerned about public safety. If the city’s public servants like the police are not willing to enforce simple rules like wearing a mask, social distancing and crowd restrictions, why do we even need them? They drive around town doing what appears to be nothing; why even have the expense - citizen patrols might be better?
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