Well, the Republicans did it again. They voted down background checks on firearms sales. The polls show that 89 percent of the American people want background checks on firearms sales. This means that the majority of Republican voters want it also. The firearms companies own the Republican Party. The gun lobbyists obviously receive a lot money from those firearms companies. There are a lot of weak-minded Republican voters who believe even if they are a responsible gun owner that they will lose their guns. There are just as many responsible Democrat voters that own guns also. Why aren’t they brainwashed on the same idea? The Republican gun lobbyists have done a very good job of spieling their fallacies. We lost over 60,000 Americans in the Vietnam War that lasted over 10 years. We lost over 4,000 Americans in the Iraq War that lasted over 10 years.   In the last 10 years we have lost over 300,000 Americans due to gun violence. What war should we be fighting? Hillary says she will do her best to get background checks through.   Trump this week says he will look into getting it through.   But that is what he says this week. Nobody knows what Trump stands for. He changes his mind every other week.  It depends on what crowd he is talking to. One week he is for pro-life and the next week he is for pro-choice. Is it any wonder why the Republican Party doesn’t want to back him? He says he doesn’t care. He doesn’t need them. He can handle it all by himself. Does anybody think we need an arrogant con artist like this running our country? I think not.

Wayne Thorson

Albert Lea