South Dakota law makes it a misdemeanor to carry a gun on school grounds and in county courthouses. As a courtesy, schools and courthouses usually put up signs to remind folks who might forget that guns really have no place…
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Last year, to great fanfare, the South Dakota Legislature passed the school gunslinger law, allowing schools to arm teachers, janitors, and volunteers to protect students from imminent doom. School administrators have called it a stupid, hairbrained idea, and none that…
Rep. Betty Olson's House Bill 1065, which would make concealed weapons permits free, distracts us from practical policy discussions. Rep. Olson's House Bill 1066 extends the distraction with a dangerous reversal of public safety law. The pistol-packing Prairie City representative…
We have our first manifestation of gun worship in the Legislative hopper. Rep. Betty Olson brings us House Bill 1065, a measure to repeal the fee for concealed weapons permits. Currently, South Dakotans seeking to pack secret heat must pay…
Speaking of Jim Bolin, the District 16 representative from Canton faces a primary challenger. Following through on a promise made last spring, Kevin D. Jensen is running again for District 16 House. Jensen says he's running because Jim Bolin isn't…
What's it going to take to get more South Dakotans to oppose TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline? How about the fact that TransCanada supports gun control? Amidst discussion of ordinances to manage potential temporary labor camps (the word gulag springs unbidden…
Question: Which of these things doesn't fit with the others? A pistol Annette Bosworth The Bible The United States Senate Answer: (E) All of the above. This photo comes from another awful segment of the Chad and Annette Traveling Medicine…
The South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment is still a ways from voting on the contested uranium mining permits for Powertech, but the BME did vote last week for gun control: The hearings have been attended by law enforcement…