Gun rights an election issue for number of Alaskans
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:49 pm
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Gun rights an election issue for number of Alaskans
By R. A. Dillon
Published Wednesday, October 15, 2008
WASHINGTON — With the Nov. 4 election fast approaching, Alaskans are taking a close look at where the major-party presidential contenders stand on gun control and Second Amendment rights.
The right to bear arms has been front and center in the presidential race, thanks in no small part to the presence of Gov. Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket.
Palin has played up her hunting credentials and been an outspoken supporter of the Second Amendment, which reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
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