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In the Roanoke Times, retired professor Jim Marchman fears that fear has conquered all.
Today’s political and social discourse is crippled by fear. Many live in fear that some deranged killer will mow down our children or grandchildren unless we turn our schools and churches into virtual prison camps. Others have been convinced by self-interest groups that, despite constitutional guarantees and Supreme Court rulings, the federal government is intent on taking away all of our guns, even our single-shot .22 rifles.
Read the rest. It’s worth a look.
The reason is simple: fear sells.