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		<title>We Don&#8217;t Have to Live Like This</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Gun violence is a scourge that is unique to this country, and that is why we are taking action&#8230;We don&#8217;t have to live like this.&#8221; Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer “They’re banishing books from their schools. We’re banishing hunger from ours.” Minnesota governor Tim Walz Gov. Whitmer was talking about the recently enacted legislation to strengthen [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Living in Fear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 04:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” Miroslav Volf, theologian and author. &#160; “No amount of words can express the loss our community feels for the fallen heroes of the Village of Cameron Police Department and Chetek Police Department. My prayers continue to go out to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gun Violence Needs Action Not Prayers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 04:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” These are the words of Miroslav Volf, a protestant theologian. This applies to the recent shooting of two police officers from Cameron and Chetek. Tragically both were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop. It is “deeply hypocritical” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wellbeing of Our Children</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislators:  This is a copy of the letter I will be sending to news outlets in central and northern Wisconsin.  It is intended to promote thought about gun safety laws and the well being of children and families in our state. I&#8217;m sending it to you as a statement of support for both increased mental health and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COPPER vs. LEAD</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jill Hunger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	The bullet on the right is a 165 grain copper jacketed lead bullet. The one on the left is a 165 grain all copper bullet. Both are made by Federal Cartridge. The copper ammunition costs me about $1.50 more per box of twenty rounds compared to the premium lead ammo I used to use. (If [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Choice on Guns</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bad thinking and misinformation about guns is common in our country. Apologists for our crazy gun culture often use misleading statistics. Their arguments sound reasonable or appear to be supported by facts and numbers. But statistics can be misleading when they are misused, out of context or interpreted incorrectly. I recently read a letter-to-the-editor that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An open letter to the Wisconsin Legislature: We need to keep guns out of the hands of abusers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Legislators; A recent case that went before the State Supreme Court has shed some light on a troubling fact: Wisconsin has no laws prohibiting the possession or purchase of firearms by people who have committed violent misdemeanors. Daniel Doubek, a man who threatened the life of his estranged wife, is now allowed to obtain a concealed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Guns Are Not the Answer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend of March 19-20 there were nine mass shootings across the country. Eight people were killed and 60 wounded including children and unlucky bi-standers. These incidents happened in diverse locations and a variety of social settings. The usual reasons given for gun violence – a mentally ill “lone wolf”, “bad guys,” drug gangs, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vigil to End Gun Violence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 01:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friday, December 14 is the Vigil to End Gun Violence. YWCA 613 N. 5th Street, Wausau, WI, 54403 6:30 p.m. This vigil will call for common sense measures to reduce gun deaths and injuries in our nation. This vigil will honor all victims and survivors of gun violence, and shine a light on the epidemic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>VOICES FROM THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES IN WAUSAU, PART 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 03:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	Kristin Conway, the organizer for Moms Demand Action (MDA) in the Wausau area, reflected on the mass killings in recent years. A few months ago, MDA began with two people. Thirty-five people attended the meeting after the Parkland shooting. Moms Demand Action provided a table inside the Wausau Mall with literature, voting information, and postcards. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COMMON THEMES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 00:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	Common themes intertwined from the Marchers who came to support the students during the March for Our Lives in Wausau. About 200 people joined student organizers on the 400 Block in Downtown Wausau to remember the 17 students who died February 14th at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Anna Klieber, one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Guns Explained With Cats</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Ivey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	Protecting Our Families and Communities From&#8230; “Vicious Cats?” Well&#8230;maybe we don&#8217;t have a dangerous cat problem, but, don&#8217;t we have an obligation to protect our children, ourselves and friends and neighbors from harm if we can? According to the latest “Quinnipiac Poll,” most Americans think so&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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