Peggy McGehee makes a strong case for licensing firearms, drawing attention to the Maine Constitution’s guarantee of citizens’ rights to pursue and obtain safety (Opinion: NRA and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine should support gun licensing,” Dec. 5). In light of those fundamental rights, it’s sobering to realize that our most precious citizens, those in greatest […]

I was a long-standing member of the NRA, but I will not renew my membership because they will not agree to any form of commonsense law in regards to gun control. AR-15 rifles were designed for the military to fight wars. I went hunting for years, for deer and bear, and enjoyed doing that very […]

I support the ideas in the recent editorial (“Our View: Airport parking lot proposal drags us backward,” Dec. 12) to avoid building another Jetport parking lot. In particular, I encourage Jetport management to focus on ways to make use of existing parking spaces in the nearby Maine Mall area. That sea of parking spaces is […]

Referencing recent articles and opinions on the homeless, I think it is obvious that we need compassion, resources and understanding. Some people think that we need to treat them with so-called tough love and not mollycoddle them. I didn’t know that mollycoddling consisted of forcing people into rehab or imprisoning them. Or that mollycoddling them […]

Gun violence is an abomination. It’s appropriate that murderer Robert Card’s brain is being examined, but I find it dispiriting that politicians in Augusta are still not taking meaningful steps to create new gun laws after the mass slaughter of people in Lewiston. It appears to me that respectful moments of silence have transformed into […]

Two well-written books have provided me with context and information to help clarify the images I am getting now from the war in Gaza. One, written by the son of a prominent Israeli general, “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” by Miko Peled, seemed quite informative because it revealed a young man […]