  Lives are more important than 2nd Amendment  April 24, 2013 By
Odbert Courtney, Charles Town  It really is disheartening to
read about what is going on in congress these days. After so
many tragedies and after so many people have been killed by gun
violence, you would think that Congress could work to provide
some solution to the many problems but no, you would be wrong.
Congress has let the NRA dictate what changes are to be made.
Oh, there will be a token background check law, but with enough
loopholes to make it useless. No, Congress will not make any
inroads toward solving the problem, they will give the NRA more
guns. They will allow people who have a license to carry a gun
in any state to carry that gun to any other state. Even states
that don't allow it. That, to me, is disgusting, I am ashamed
that Senator Manchin was a part of it.  Might as well let the
NRA write all the gun laws for the country. At least someone
would be writing the laws. Congress can't. None worthwhile,
anyway. There is only one