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Ben Stuart Sr. (Evelyn) of Macon; graadchfldren,
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To the Editor:
In your latest edition
the headlines stated
that a machine gun
was used in a Union
Hill gunfight. I have a
question. Was it indeed a
machine gun used in the
shootout or was it a semi-
automatic weapon?
The reason I ask is that
most people don't know
the difference between a
machine gun and a semi-
automatic firearm. The
news media and anti-gun
politicians like to instill
fear into the populace by
referring to semi-automatic
firearms as machine guns.
They lead people to think
dlat mlybody cml walk Into
a gun shop and buy a ma-
chine gun, a fully automatic
weapon.
A machine gun is legal to
own but it must be regis-
tered with the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire-
arms under the Firearms
Act of 1934. If as reported
this was a stolen "machine
gun" then the ATF would
be involved in this case.
So, my question again
is, was the weapon used
indeed a "machine gun"
or was it a semi-automatic
firearm?
Steve Bentley
Juliette
Editor's note: Forsyth Po-
lice Inv. Alexander Daniels
told the Reporter that he
believes it was a machine
gun but it has been sent to
the GBI lab for analysis.
Romona Foster
Devin Lee Hammonds
County Memorial
Chaoel had charge of arrangements.
Billy Joe
-i,::March 21, 1945 - July 22, 2019
Devin Lee Hammonds, 17, passed
away on Friday, July 20, 2018. A
Celebration of his life will be held
on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 2 p.m.
in the Chapel of Macon Memorial
Park Funeral Home with Pastor
" Don Tinsley offidating, The
. mtoaen joe rteeves passea away 3unaay, will reet friends following the
July 2018. Funeral services will be hdd at 2 p.m s
July 26, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial
burial in Culloden City Cemetery. Rev.
officiate.The f fily greet t
6 8:p m, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at
M roe County M rnonal Chapel,
tell. He was a retired truck driver after years of
with several atmts, uncles and cousins.
Visit onmp.com to condolences.
and
one great grandson.
Please visit www.monroecou rialchapd.
UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED by Marilyn Langford
To the Editor:
Ab s a black man ,living
in the South, I m
concerned about
lack registered
voters in Monroe County. A
black person doesn't even have
a chance of winning any kind of
county-wide election, whether
the sheriff, county commission
chairman, or magistrate judge,
etc. Black voters make up 21
percent of the county, while
white voters make up 71 per-
cent, with 8 percent unknown.
Every black church needs to
open its doors in Monroe
County to make sure all of their
Olin
members are registered voters. Also, as a black commu-
nity we need to get out in these streets and work together
like Wrights Grove Baptist Church by getting people to
become registered voters to get the black percentage up.
Being a black person running for office, he or she has zero
chance of winning any election. As a black community,
we need to come together because in the next 10-15 years,
black votes won't even matter in Monroe Count.
Jimmy Owens
Forsyth
TgbwoeeS is the week you've all
en waiting for--the
ek I write something
od about Trump.
Ready? Trump will
look dashing in an
or jumpsuit that
matches his hair.
I:sPENT i2 years
of my life working in
the intelligence com-
munity, specifically
the National Security
Agency. Last week
as I wat ed Trump
in Helsinki tanding
with our elections by stating that
"I see no reason why it would be
Russia" Two days later, he stated
he mis-spoke and meant, "I see
no reason why it
wouldn't be Russia"
On that I call BS! Lo
and behold, Repub-
lican leaders were all
understanding and
forgiving. I call BS on
that, too. If Obama
had said those exact
words, he would be
hanging from a tree in
the Rose Garden. You
ow'ifs true!
interest of our country. If only
MueUer had indicted Putin when
he indicted his 12 intelligence
officers for election interference,
we would not be concerned with
Putin ever setting foot on our soft
again. When Mueller's investiga-
tion is over and done, the one
thing I want to know is why Putin
was not indicted.
I HAVE never been a conspiracy
theorist. I have been trained to
only be swayed by facts. The facts
are pointing more and more to a
conspiracy between Trump and
Putin to change the world order.
beside Putin, the real Actually, that's Putin's desire and
:i: enemy of the world, THE WORST is yetTrump is being duped to enable
him. Fact. Trump is working
to come. Trump spent
and endorse Putins
ii idea ofturning over two hours alone with hard to alienate all of our allies
cert gover ent Putin, and Trump while endearing himself to all the
employees for interrogation by
his GRU (Russian Intelligence), I
fou*gh't back. the tears. First, tears
of sadness and then tears of anger.
Trump denied the reporting by
all our intelligence agencies in
our country that Russia interfered
said, "we discussed many things"
That's all we know. Trump has an-
nounced that he has invited Putin
to the White House to discuss
implementing the things they
discussed. Whatever it is, I guaran-
damn-tee you it's not in the best
autocrats of the world. Fact. If
Trump alienates all the countries
of NATO, who will protect us
from Russia's nuclear arsenal when
Putin decides he no longer needs
Trump? Nobody. Fact. Our Con-
stitution was carefully crafted to
prevent an autocrat such as Trump
from serving as President. Fact.
The governing bodies tasked with
complying with our Constitution
have abdicated their responsibil-
ity in favor of their own political
position.
TRUMP HUGS the flag to
be cute. Fact. Trump disparages
black NFL players who take a"
knee to protest injustice to their
race and calls them unpatriotic.
Fact. Trump hates the free press
and calls them fake news. Fact.
Trump pals around with a dictator
that kills journalists. Fact. Trump
is disrespectful to women. Fact.
Trump has committed adultery
and paid the women offto keep
them quiet. Fact.
BUT, YOU say, "I support him
because the economy is doing
so great" This attitude is short-
sighted. Historically, after a boom
there is a bust. Trump has already
started criticizing the Federal
Reserve. He is well on his way to
having complete control over the
Federal Reserve when his nomi-
nees for Govemors of the Fed are
confirmed by the Senate. Trump
bankrupted a casino! Do you trust
him with control of all the money
in our country?
THE DEFINITION of Fascism:
A political system based on a
very powerful leader, state control
of social and economic life, and
extreme pride in country and race,
with no expression of political dis-
agreement allowed. I'm pretty sure
that during those two hours alone
with Putin, Trump was undergo-
ing fascism training.
YOU HAVE two choices now
to save our country. In November,
either vote out all those com-
plicit with Trump or invest in the
Rosetta Stone software to learn
Russian. Fact.
Marilyn Lang, ford of High Falls
writes about current events from
the liberal perspective. Email her at
marilynlangford85@gmail.corn.
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