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    Readers write: The meaning of protection, value of female friendship, views of the Irish, solutions for homelessness, language associated with discrimination

    Jun 02, 2018 2 minutes
    Willa Boezak, a Khoi San scholar and activist, speaks in his home about the Afrikaans language on March 6, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.

    The meaning of protection

    Regarding the March 22 Monitor Daily article “For gun owners, a core belief: guns make us safer”: I appreciated your article. It was easy to read, clear, and precise. 

    I am a 70-year-old white woman, college-educated, and I live with my ailing older husband.

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