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HILLSDALE Whether Hillsdale and Branch County voters head to the polls for Michigans Aug. 4, 2020 Primary Election or vote by mail, they wont be picking only local or federal candidates.

Theyll also be casting a vote for someone to replace third-term state Rep. Eric Leutheuser, whose current term of office expires Dec. 31, 2020.

With no incumbent candidate seeking reelection, the 58th District primary has become a hotly-contested race on the Republican side. In total, five candidates, four Republicans and one Democrat, have declared for the office.

Candidates vying for the Republican nomination have spent more than $75,000 in the run-up to the Aug. 4 election, making it one of the most expensive primary races since the current district boundaries were redrawn in 1992.

Here is a brief rundown of the five candidates who will appear on the ballot, presented in alphabetical order by last name.

Tamara Barnes

Barnes, a 44-year-old public historian from Coldwater, is running unopposed on the Democratic ticket. The only Democrat in the entire field, she has a clear route to clinching the Democratic nomination for the second time in a row.

Though a presumptive longshot, given Hillsdale and Branch Counties electoral history, Barnes is hoping to wage an unconventional campaign as a change candidate in an extremely red-leaning District. A self-described progressive Democrat, Barnes says she wants to clean up corruption in state government and craft policies that benefit a majority of citizens.

"I believe Republican-led legislation at the state level has been a catastrophic failure for most people in Hillsdale and Branch counties," she said. "Workers continue to be paid unfair wages, corporations continue to receive enormous subsidies in the name of economic development, public schools continue to be critically underfunded, proposed cuts to Medicaid continue to put our most vulnerable citizens at risk and our legislators continue to take money from special interest groups in exchange for favors."

Barness platform includes increasing access to quality healthcare, addressing racial and economic inequities in the 58th District and increasing funding for public schools. She supports raising the states minimum wage and expanding Medicaid via the Healthy Michigan Plan (Affordable Care Act) as a placeholder for an eventual universal medical care system.

Barnes, who has spent her entire career working for non-profit organizations, says her research experience and coalition-building skills enable her to consider multiple viewpoints and implement workable solutions for challenging problems. She says those traits make her well-suited for the office of state representative.

"I believe that I am the only candidate who is concerned with people in this district who struggle those making less than a living wage and those who have health issues and remain underinsured," she said.

Barnes has been endorsed by the Branch County Democratic Party and Hillsdale County Democratic Party.

The Democratic nominee two years ago, Barnes was defeated by incumbent Republican state Rep. Eric Leutheuser in the November 2018 general election.

Barnes possesses a Master of Arts in museum studies from State University of New Yorks Cooperstown Graduate Program and a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Western Michigan University.

Andrew Fink

Fink, a 35-year-old attorney from Hillsdale and father of five, announced his candidacy last November at a Hillsdale County Republican Party meeting. A former U.S. Marine Judge Advocate, he is the only candidate running with a military service background.

A Hillsdale College graduate and practicing attorney since 2014, Fink moved back to Hillsdale from Ypsilanti in 2017 to open a branch of his familys law firm, Fink and Fink, PLLC. He was also recently Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkeys district director in Hillsdale County. Fink says the current political climate prompted him to run out of a sense of duty.

"I'm running because the national liberal movement Bernie Sanders' socialism, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, and Nancy Pelosi's distrust of American citizens are here in Michigan, too," he said. "As the father of five children, a Marine Corps veteran, and a constitutional law attorney, I believe it's my duty to defend our Constitution and American way of life against those who would throw it all away."

Finks platform includes advocating for fiscally-responsible small government, defending the rights of parents to have choices about their kids education, and supporting Second Amendment and pro-life causes. He has also taken a strong stance on reigning in the executive branchs power in Michigan.

Having worked at all levels of government, ranging from the local to federal level, Fink says his experience handling a wide scope of legal issues sets him apart from other candidates.

"I have the experience and abilities to be a conservative leader in the legislature from day one," he said. "Being a Marine officer, constitutional law attorney who has sued Governor Whitmer for her shut down orders, recipient of a scholarship from the National Rifle Association to study politics at Hillsdale College, and a board member of the Michigan Lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society, I am more ready to get in the fight on day one to help restore our economy, ensure public safety, and stop our overreaching governor in her tracks."

Since his campaigns launch, Fink has raised more than $44,000 more than any other Democratic or Republican candidate.

Fink is the only candidate in the race endorsed by Right to Life of Michigan. He has also received endorsements from state Sen. Mike Shirkey, former state Rep. Ken Kurtz, the Police Officers Association of Michigan, Citizens for Traditional Values and local business owners Bob Galloway and Dave Haylett among others.

Fink possesses a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hillsdale College.

Adam Stockford

The 40-year-old mayor of Hillsdale announced his bid for office last October, becoming the first Republican candidate to do so. The first-term mayor, who assumed office in Nov. 2017, is the only candidate in the race currently holding an elected office.

As an elected official whose day-job is in workforce development, Stockford has argued he has more to offer than any other candidate when it comes to understanding local issues and the concerns of 58th District residents, billing himself as both pragmatic and effective in representing his constituents.

"Im running for office because our area deserves a representative that understands the unique interests of this district," Stockford said. "The 58th isnt like any other district, and as the mayor of one of the two major cities and a businessman whos worked with most of the major industries in the district, I have a unique insight into the needs of the people of this area."

Stockfords platform involves increasing revenue sharing for local governments, reforming Michigans grant system, and seeing that rural communities arent left out when it comes to road and infrastructure repair. He is also a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, has endorsed constitutional carry legislation, and identifies as pro-life.

Stockford says his experience as a city councilor and mayor, as well as his blue-collar background, sets himself apart from his opponents.

"My experience in local government and in workforce development gives me the best mix of business and politics of any candidate," he said. "Ive also worked a plethora of blue-collar jobs, as a carpet installer and a factory worker, and I think if youre going to make decisions that affect the people of this district, you should walk a mile in their shoes."

Stockford has no support from PACs, but has received personal endorsements from several prominent figures including Charles Steele, Hillsdale Colleges Chairman of Economics, Business and Accounting, Hillsdale College politics professor Mickey Craig and Union City Village Manager and Police Chief Chris Matthis among others.

Andy Welden

Welden, 68, a retired farmer from Jonesville, became the fourth Republican candidate to jump into the 58th District race when he formally declared his bid for office in May. Despite his late entry into the race, his campaign raised $21,895 in the three months since its launch, the second-highest haul of any candidate.

The only candidate from either party with a background in agriculture, Welden, who served as the principal and owner of Welden Farms in Jonesville for 35 years, has made his knowledge of farming and nearly two decades of experience in township and county government the centerpiece of his campaign, billing himself as a trusted neighbor and dedicated public servant.

"Im running to represent the residents and their priorities," Welden said. "I believe I am capable of doing this well."

Weldens platform involves giving agriculture a larger voice in Lansing and using his leadership experience to fight for a better quality of life for Branch and Hillsdale County residents. A lifelong NRA member, Welden supports the Second Amendment. He also identifies as pro-life.

A Jonesville High School alumnus hailing from a multi-generation farming family, Welden says he believes hes the best candidate for the job because of his local roots and deep-seeded passion for service.

Welden has been endorsed by the Michigan Corn Growers Associations Friends of Corn PAC and the Michigan Association of Counties MACPAC, but has not taken any contributions from any political action committees.

Welden possesses an Associates degree from Michigan State University.

Daren Wiseley

Wiseley, a real estate agent from Osseo and Indiana University law school graduate, was the third Republican to enter the race, announcing his candidacy last December. At 28 years old, he is the youngest candidate seeking the 58th District seat.

The recent law school graduate, who has never held a public office, but worked for the Hillsdale County Prosecutors Office, says that his inaugural campaign is less about experience and more about the ideological lens he says he will apply to decision-making if elected. Wiseley has used his political-outsider status as one of his main selling points in appealing to voters.

"The 58th District is a heavy red district, and I think the people here deserve not just a Republican, but a conservative one that actually reflects their values," he said. "I'm tired of moderate, establishment Republicans not fighting for the best interests of our district, but instead serving the interests of the lobbyists and kowtowing to the Left I'm running to give our district someone willing to take that hard stand and actually fight for tough issues such as: protecting life, defending gun rights, and opposing corporate welfare to support the hard-working people of this district and our great small businesses."

Wiseleys platform includes reducing taxes and cutting regulations on a state level, as well as fighting for a balanced state budget. The pro-Second Amendment candidate says he will oppose any red flag laws and advocate for constitutional carry legislation. He also opposes taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.

"I'm a principled conservative who shares the commonsense values of my hometown community," he said. "Voters always say they want a conservative fighter and I've put the work in to give them that choice."

Wiseley has been endorsed by Michigan Trump Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty, two conservative grassroots organizations.

Wiseley possesses a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University-Bloomingtons Maurer School of law and completed his undergraduate studies at Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech).

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Strategists and politicians on the left and right agree: The race to represent Colorados Republican-leaning 3rd Congressional District got a lot more interesting at the end of June, when gun-rights activist and first-time candidate Lauren Boebert toppled five-term incumbent Scott Tipton in the GOP primary.

Boebert, owner of the attention-grabbing Shooters Grill in Rifle where the waitresses are armed will face former state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush, the Steamboat Democrat who also served on the Routt County Commission and was seeking a rematch with the more traditionally conservative Tipton, who beat her by 8 percentage points in the last election.

In an observation echoing national election forecasters, a number of seasoned politicos with roots in the sprawling district told Colorado Politics that Mitsch Bushs chances of moving the seat into the Democratic column are better than they would have been had the less flamboyant Tipton had won the nomination, but itll still be a tough lift among the 3rd CDs largely rural and smaller-town voters.

The rest of the state might be trending blue, but the Eastern Plains and Western Slope arent as likely to follow the Front Range and more liberal mountain towns, former state GOP chairman and statewide campaign veteran Dick Wadhams said.

Political consultant Greg Brophy, a former Republican state senator from Wray, the other side of the state, echoed Wadhams, saying that no matter how blue the state trends overall, the Western Slope is still a broad swath of red.

But Alan Salazar, who hails from Grand Junction and is chief of staff to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, said it would be a mistake to count electoral chickens in 2020.

Its a right-of-center district but not a crazy ideological one, he said. I feel like this is the year where Trump is so unpopular in Colorado, its a very good year to be a Democrat in the state, no matter where.

A note of optimism

State Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, who occupies the House District 26 seat Mitsch Bush held before she resigned to run against Tipton last time, sounded a note of optimism for his fellow Democrat.

Absolutely its a district a Democrat can win. A lot of things need to come together for that to happen, and we might be seeing those things happening this year. Youve got an open seat with no incumbent, a national trend going against the Republican Party, and a pretty inexperienced candidate running on the Republican side, he said.

Roberts, who organized most of the Western Slope for the President Barack Obamas 2012 re-election campaign, acknowledged its a hurdle.

The reality of the district is, its such a gigantic and diverse district, where the numbers have been trending more conservative going against the statewide move toward the Democrats. Its still hard for a Democrat but its possible.

It will be difficult for both candidates to put themselves in front of voters, particularly with the pandemic restricting the kind of face-to-face campaigning that works in a district with so many distinct communities, the experts said.

Both nominees run the risk of allowing their opponent to paint them as too extreme to represent a seat that has a habit of sending more middle-of-the-road politicians to Congress, including Tipton and John Salazar, the Democrat he unseated, rancher and former state lawmaker, and Republican Scott McInnis and then-Democrat Ben Campbell before him.

Tyler Sandberg, an executive at the education-reform group Ready Colorado and the campaign manager for former U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who lost his suburban 6th Congressional District seat in an anti-Trump wave in the last election, said polling hes seen suggests Republicans could be in more peril than theyre acknowledging.

The Trump factor

The presidents support among his party, Sandberg said, has been dropping from the rock-solid 95% level Trump enjoyed until recently into the low 80s. Trump is bleeding out in swing-state polls around the country, he said, adding that if similarly largely rural states like Missouri are in play, he must be bleeding out pretty badly.

Wadhams said if the bottom drops out, Republicans from U.S. Sen Cory Gardner on down will face a blowout in November.

Colorado voters have been notorious about ticket splitting, but I dont think thats a dynamic thats going to be much in play in 2020, said Alan Salazar. Trump is such a polarizing figure. My gut sense is people are looking for a return to calm, order, a process we can trust to get away from some of this craziness.

Boeberts flirtations with the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon could pose a risk for her, if dissatisfaction with Trump and the GOP brand runs as deep as some Republicans fear, Wadhams said.

Former state Sen. Josh Penry, a native son and a state political strategist, said the pox on both your houses frustration among voters could play both ways, though, noting that Mitsch Bush might be from the Western Slope but lives in a resort community.

If John Salazar is the nominee? This is an absolute dogfight, Penry said. But a liberal politician from a resort town talking about turning the district blue, I think theyve got an imperfect messenger for this district.

The pent-up frustration in rural America, which helped lift Trump to a 12-peercentage point win in the district four years ago, he added, hasnt gone away.

Alan Salazar said itll come down to which candidate voters believe represents Western Slope values and interests and which provides a level of comfort.

Scott Tipton wouldve been somebody a lot of people could have voted for, but Im not sure about Ms. Boebert, he said.

This district is very diverse, Roberts said. There are communities in the mountains where tourism and the environment and conservation are the top issues, then you head into Grand Junction, the San Luis Valley, where agriculture and energy are the biggest topics. You need somebody who can speak to all those different issues and have their finger on a variety of pulses.

Mitsch Bush, he said, has deep experience on all those issues and laid down a record as a county commissioner and in the legislature.

I have confidence that Diane, when she goes to different communities, can speak well and is very informed on the particular issues that matter to those communities, he said, adding, I havent seen Lauren Boebert speak about any issue but the Second Amendment and freedom, quote unquote.

However the race shapes up, Sandberg said, the Democrats get a win. TV time in the district which covers all four of Colorados markets, including the expensive Denver market will be pricey.

Republicans will have to spend a million or two to defend the seat that they wouldnt have spent if the nominee had been Tipton, Sandberg speculated.

If you wanted to have a knock-down-drag-out in CD3, it could get pretty expensive, pretty quick, he said. Will the Democrats spend money to put that one seat into play? Will the Republican super PACs spend money to keep it?

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During President Donald Trump's nationwide address on Monday evening, he announced his intent to use all federal resources to help stop the rioting and looting that's taking place across the country. He also mentioned that he would protect the rights of law-abiding citizens, including the right to keep and bear arms. Naturally, progressives and those who hate the Second Amendment were up in arms over the mention of the Second Amendment.

Apparently encouraging people to protect themselves when cops are attempting to stop rioters is encouraging "racist supporters" to "start shooting black protestors."

They also seem to think that if you support the Second Amendment that you should automatically take to the streets to over martial law.

Here's what these folks fail to understand: the Second Amendment is there to protect our freedoms, including our First Amendment rights, but it's also there for self-defense. Relying on cops to protect you when they're trying to keep rioters from looting and literally burning down cities, it's up to you to protect yourself, your family and your property. Even when there aren't massive riots taking place across the country, it can take cops minutes, sometimes even hours,to arrive to a person's call for help (depending on where they live and how well-staffed their police and/or sheriff's department is).

Progressives can make the assumption that Trump is telling people to go out and shoot protestors and looters. That is notwhat he said. He's simply saying that people's Second Amendment rights will not be taken away, that people will have the ability to protect themselves and their families should someone try to cause them harm.

Remember: there are still rules and responsibilities that come with owning and carrying a firearm. Pretty much every gun owner will say the same thing: they never want to have to utilize their firearm but they have it should the need arise. Defending life is when a firearm should be utilized. It should and always will take priority over a person's property.

Guns, however, have been proven to be a deterrent that keeps people from breaking into buildings and stealing. Just look at what happened when all hell broke loose and "armed rednecks" stepped up to protect various businesses.

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Update: Sources confirm that the "Open Carry" rally has been cancelled after a request from the Traverse City Police Chief. A protest over George Floyd's killing will still be held in Traverse City Saturday.

Randy Bishop, a radio host in Cheboygan, has called for an Open Carry rally in Traverse City this weekend amid planned protests over the killing of George Floyd.

As of Thursday night, one protest over Floyds death was planned for 12-2 p.m. at the Open Space in Traverse City on Saturday.

Bishop says the Michigan Militia, a paramilitary group with right-wing ties, and the Proud Boys, a right wing group that came to prominence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, will hold their rally in Traverse City Saturday as well. He says they plan to be peaceful and that firearms will be holstered.

They have first amendment rights to peacefully assemble, to freedom of speech, Bishop said of those protesting George Floyds death.

But if it comes to the point where certain bad actors are going to step up and co-opt a peaceful protest? he added. The guys with the second amendment rights will be there and we will step up and we will react.

Rumors have been circulating over social media for days that protests this weekend could be disrupted by people from outside northern Michigan and counter-protesters, although IPR could not find any evidence to substantiate them. On Thursday, Traverse City Police Chief Jeff OBrien said his department has investigated several of those claims, and did reach out to individuals that had made threatening posts online.

We found no credible threats of any type of disruption thats gonna happen in Traverse City. Theres been some chatter on Facebook about individuals coming up here and assisting the police, he said Thursday prior to Bishops announcement. Weve reached out to them and told them we dont need any assistance.

OBrien did not say specifically who his office has communicated with, but asked that any attendees of protests this weekend not bring weapons.

Bishop says he initially wasnt planning on attending any protests this weekend, but changed his mind after seeing a flyer allegedly passed out to business owners in downtown Traverse City.

The flyer, a picture of which was posted to social media, called for peaceful protests and urged shop owners to put signs in their windows declaring that theyre minority-owned or white allies to prevent rioting or looting from violent protesters.

I know there is concern of vandalism, rioting and looting. I want to prevent this from happening in any way that I can! the flyer reads. For this reason, if your business is MINORITY-OWNED, please put signs in your windows stating this!

Organizers in Traverse City say the flyer was passed out by a group that was planning a peaceful protest, and was intended to prevent damage and looting to Traverse City stores. But Bishop insists the flyer was passed out by bad actors, saying it could be from the Black Lives Matter movement or ANTIFA, a left-wing, anti-fascist political movement. IPR found no evidence to support that claim.

Bishop has been involved with Second Amendment protests and resolutions passed by several northern Michigan counties, including Grand Traverse.

Prior to Thursday, protestors and law enforcement officials called for peaceful demonstrations in town. Protests throughout the week in Traverse City, Petoskey and Gaylord have been peaceful, according to attendees and media reports.

Traverse City Police Chief Jeff OBrien held two impromptu press conferences this week, one with Traverse Citys Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Manager, to dispel online rumors and urge for peaceful protests. He said he understands the frustration over Floyds death.

I speak for everybody in law enforcement: we do not condone the actions of law enforcement officers in Minneapolis," O'Brien said.

On Tuesday Mayor Jim Carruthers also echoed calls for protests in Traverse City to remain peaceful.

"We welcome people here, we just want people to be safe and to share their opinions and not do damage to our city," Carruthers said.

A peaceful protest was scheduled earlier this week in Cadillac, but it was cancelled due to threats, according to an organizer.

It has become apparent that our collective vision for a peaceful demonstration has been undermined. We have received a number of credible threats from outside sources to hijack our community event and diminish our movement and our message, the events organizer told attendees on Facebook.

A clerk at the Cadillac Office of Public Safety said the protest was simply rescheduled, but could not name a time or place.

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A woman holds up a sign in support of the 2nd Amendment around the Virginia State Capitol grounds in Richmond, Va., January 20, 2020. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)Even a cursory examination of American history shows that gun rights are not racist.

Pulitzer Prizewinning writer Nikole Hannah-Jones had some thoughts on the Second Amendment yesterday:

Its not really a head scratcher to comprehend why Americans want to protect their property and lives from looters and the mob. Why a reporter can breezily fabricate history under the banner of one of the nations most-widely read newspapers, on the other hand, definitely qualifies.

Theres no historical evidence to suggest that the Second Amendment was created to ensure Southern slaveowners the right to maintain & arm slave patrols to put down insurrections amongst the enslaved, even if southerners subsequently used guns for their nefarious purposes. As Charles Cooke has noted, That neo-Nazis are protected by the First Amendment does not indict the First Amendment, just as that criminals are protected by the Fifth does not call that bulwark into general question.

The right to self-defense, in fact, is incompatible with the idea of slavery it runs counter to the arguments made by the Founders, even if some of them were hypocrites; counter to the arguments made by many abolitionists and the early civil-rights leaders; and counter to the arguments made by Second Amendment advocates today.

The animating ideas of the Second Amendment both as personal and communal protection are predicated on natural rights and English common law. And while nearly every intellectual, political, and military leader of the Founding generation stressed the importance of the right to bear arms as a means of preserving liberty, some of its most vociferous champions were against slavery.

In his 1770 defense of Captain Thomas Preston, one of the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre, John Adams who often defended freed slaves and held the practice of slavery in such abhorrence argued that even the unwanted and intrusive British soldier had the inherent right to arm and defend himself from a mob. Here every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, he said. It was the primary canon in the law of nature, he argued, quoting William Blackstone, whose writings helped define the English common-law legal system.

Those interested in fact-based history of the philosophical foundations of the Second Amendment can read Joyce Lee Malcolms classic study on the topic: To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right. In it, Malcolm makes the case that colonists were men and women steeped in English laws, English customs, English prejudices, and English habits of mind. It was within this tradition that colonists staked their claim to revolt when the king came for their weapons.

The 70 or so American militiamen who fought 700 British soldiers in Concord and Lexington among them Prince Estabrook, a black militiaman wounded in the battle (a soon-to-be freed slave) werent anxious about slave revolts. They were intent on stopping the British from stripping them of the ability to defend themselves.

Sam Adams, one of Massachusetts leading revolutionaries and agitators, argued in 1769 that the the subjects of England are entitled first to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law next to the right of petitioning the King and parliament for redress of grievances and lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.

Adams opposed slavery.

Even abolitionist religious leaders such as Simeon Howard and Jonathan Parsons for while we plead for liberty on one hand, and promote slavery on the other, our principles are too contracted and corrupt, Parsons said defended the ideas that gird the Second Amendment. [F]or if one man may defend himself and his rights against an assailant, much more may a whole country defend themselves when their rights are invaded, Parsons preached.

The first American effort to codify and guarantee the right to bear arms was made in Pennsylvania, under a conference run by Benjamin Franklin, also president of the colonys antislaverysociety. The second colony to do so was Vermont, where there were few slaves and no fear of a revolt. When New Hampshire suggested language for the future Bill of Rights Congress shall never disarm any Citizen unless such as are or have been in Actual Rebellion the future state probably had less than a hundred slaves.

After the ratification of the Constitution, five states (Rhode Island and New Hampshire among them) demanded a Bill of Rights be adopted by Congress, and every one of them asked that the individual right to bear arms be mentioned.

As I argue in my book First Freedom, of all the rights organized in American life, none had a longer and more defined history in English common law and tradition than the right to self-defense not freedom of speech, or press, or religion.

Whats most misleading about Hannah-Joness distortion of the Second Amendment, however, is that the first gun-control laws were all racist in intent, meant to keep newly freed black Americans subjugated. Black Codes instituted after the Civil War made owning guns illegal for most blacks, and continued to put them at the mercy of racist governments. Arguments made during the debate over the 14th Amendment often specifically mentioned the right to bear arms.

Whats most ironic about Jones, who names herself after 19th-century civil-rights leader Ida B. Wells, is that the historic figure was a champion of the Second Amendment. She maintained that an important lesson of postCivil War America, one that every Afro American should ponder well, was that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.

The Second Amendment certainly wasnt a head scratcher for the real Ida B. Wells.

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