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Dean not for gun rights Sam Hemingway's article about former Gov. Howard Dean's views on firearms issues (Sept. 28) is notable mainly for what the writer missed. True, Dean did not openly support any new state gun control measures. But when repeatedly queried by Gun Owners of Vermont, the state's leading gun rights organization, he refused to take a position on the key constitutional question: does the Second Amendment confirm an individual right to keep and bear arms? Dean also refused our entreaties to declare that Montpelier's proposed gun control ordinance was a clear violation of the Vermont Constitution. He...

To: Governor Dean From: Congressman Billybob re: this little matter of honesty in campaigning Dear Sawbones (may I call you Sawbones?), You've made a lot of statements on the campaign trail of late that lead me to question whether you've decided that truth is a terrible impediment to getting elected. I don't have the knowledge to analyze everything you've said. But there are four points you've repeated as a Democratic mantra that I do know, nine ways from Sunday. On those four I conclude you have the honesty of a five-year-old who's just gotten into the chocolate chip cookies –...