How rural weekly editorials view the gun debate - Entrepreneur Generations

Following our recent item about the difference between a March for Our Lives rally in rural Kentucky and those in more urban areas, we wondered what the nation's rural newspapers had to say about the current gun and school violence debate. Here's a roundup from a few rural weeklies around the country:

Editor Anthony Campbell of the Advertiser-Gleam in Guntersville, Alabama (pop 8,197), said he had "conflicted feelings" about a state House bill to allow teachers to carry guns. As a hunter and avid recreational shooter, he says he is pro-Second Amendment rights, but abhors open carry laws because he doesn't know how much training a gun owner has had. "Bearing arms is a right. But it is also a big responsibility." He likes that the proposed bill would require 40 hours of training and a mental evaluation. Read more here.




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