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New gun laws won’t help

To the Journal editor: The headline of an editorial in the March 30 edition of The Mining Journal posed the question of what can be done to stop school shootings, but went on to endorse legislation currently under consideration in the Michigan Legislature that will criminalize many, if not most, state gun owners and further erode the freedoms that are supposed to come with United States citizenship. Some of that legislation may, in fact, be unconstitutional. Those laws, if enacted, will not protect anyone any more than laws already on the books. Criminals ignore laws, no matter how ...

Follow the Lord’s way

To the Journal editor: How about some more good news as most of us know not to watch TV much. Seems they mostly tell us the bad things going on. More shootings and our people in Washington still not getting together for the good of the people. Also many drugs coming from Mexico. We have to stop all coming into the U.S. Try to help those who come in legally. So I just stay on the path of the Lord’s way. It’s Easter season so good news of Jesus overcoming death and a renewal for all of us to realize the gift of forgiveness and not live so much for the world way but His way is ...

Kudos to Dr. Tim

To the Journal editor: Dr. Tim Hunt from the Bayshore Veterinary Hospital in Harvey is an outstanding vet. He has a great staff who are so friendly and care about pets like he does. We have been going to Dr. Hunt for 25 to 30 years. He has taken excellent care of our pets. We appreciate everything he has done for us and our pets and the ones that have passed on. Junior, our dog, also thanks him for keeping him healthy.

US plays correct role in Ukraine

To the Journal editor: On Dec. 21, 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced the breakup of the Soviet Union into independent states, something he more than anyone had desired. Coming out of a meeting of national leaders in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, he said, “We are no longer forcibly bound by the chains of the center ... the center has been destroyed and the totalitarian communist system has been destroyed.” Three years later, in December 1994, the United States, the UK and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances. These agreements assured Ukraine of the ...

Remember Jan. 6 for what it was

To the Journal editor: The recent attempts to portray the January 6, 2021, riots at the Capital as “mostly peaceful chaos” and levy criticism at the justice applied to those involved are two of the worst examples of mass-produced dishonesty I have seen in my lifetime. True, tens of thousands of protesters at the capitol that day remained personally peaceful in their actions. However, it is a deplorable action to downplay the violence actions committed by hundreds of people that day by trying to emphasize the number of people who remained nonviolent. On Jan. 6, 2021, tens of ...

Learn about climate change

To the Journal editor: For some, March may bring to mind lucky four-leaf clovers. Others look to go green through how we plug into our electricity. Financial incentives are part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Rewiring America has a great tool (www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator) to help families save up to $1,800/year on energy bills by making electric upgrades. Check out Go Electric! guidebook (www.rewiringamerica.org/IRAguide.) Local and state thanks to: the Marquette City Commission for investing in EV vans, an electric lawn mower and installing EV chargers; state Rep. ...