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Students don’t understand civics, have no right to ‘protest’ gun laws

Students stand on the steps of the South Carolina State House during Saturday’s March for Our Lives event, one of hundreds of events nationwide demanding that lawmakers take action to end gun violence.
Students stand on the steps of the South Carolina State House during Saturday’s March for Our Lives event, one of hundreds of events nationwide demanding that lawmakers take action to end gun violence. online@thestate.com

The March for Life was admirable but a huge waste of time, money and effort. None of these individuals had any suggestion as how to solve this so-called gun problem. The reason: There is no gun problem. There is a people problem.

Until some effort is made to acknowledge and diagnose mentally ill individuals, there will be no change.

And until the schools go back to having students study the Constitution and civics (to learn how our government works), the students have no right or reason to “protest.”

Most are totally clueless and are only protesting because their friends are.

Russell Lipscomb

Columbia

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This story was originally published April 2, 2018 at 8:56 AM with the headline "Students don’t understand civics, have no right to ‘protest’ gun laws."

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