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Neither Vermont nor Alaska require permits for citizens to carry weapons for self-defense.You could have found that with a little research.

I sympathize with the illegals desire for a better life.I condemn those who HIRE illegals in violation of America's laws,I also condemn those charged with enforcing the laws because they seldom if ever, punish the companies,executives,or individuals responsible for those illegal hiring. I really don't like the idea of a "Berlin Wall" around America. What I DO want is strong enforcement and major fines and jail time meted out to any company,farmer,political hack who employs illegal immigrants. IF we truly need those workers then raise the immigration quota,screen out the criminals and other undesirables.That Frenchman's poem about the Statue of Liberty should never be allowed to override America's best interests. We can never take all the poor,all the huddled masses yearning to breathe free;far better to encourage and help them become less poor and more free in their own countries.

It is my belief that if those presently here and those trying to get here illegally for jobs and criminal activity knew deportation would be quick and certain and they would not be permitted to take or send their illegally acquired wealth home,then they would stop coming. The U.S. is the safety valve and dumping ground for the mis-managed countries of the world and it must stop.Too bad few seem to care;and if one speaks up publicly the gov't as well as the ACLU slap him down.

Well, good for Vermont (isn't this the home of Bernie Sanders?) and Alaska. Alaska doesn't surprise me, but Vermont sure as hell does.

"You could have found that with a little research."

I suppose so, but I suspected you wouldn't be able to resist filling me in. Looks like we agree on the critical importance of the Second Amendment.

" I sympathize with the illegals desire for a better life."

So do I, right up to the point where they become lawbreakers by entering our country illegally. That's where my sympathy stops.

"I really don't like the idea of a "Berlin Wall" around America."

I support it as necessary only because we simply cannot trust the federal government to do what it is sworn to do: protect our borders and strictly enforce our immigration laws. If it takes a wall, lets get busy with construction.

" What I DO want is strong enforcement and major fines and jail time meted out to any company,farmer,political hack who employs illegal immigrants."

Agree completely. Unfortunately, Bush seems determined to oppose any kind of strict enforcement.

"The U.S. is the safety valve and dumping ground for the mis-managed countries of the world and it must stop."

Agree completely.