Opinion Line Extra (June 16)

Can anyone give me an example of someone defending himself with an AR-15?

We have immigration laws, but millions have entered our country illegally. We have drug laws, but millions of pounds of illegal drugs have entered our country. Do we really believe that by passing stricter gun-control laws we can keep weapons from those who wish to do harm?

Republicans would rather ban Muslims than ban assault weapons.

Hate is not welcome in this country. Hate will never win.

Another angry American man with an assault rifle murdered a lot of people. Banning Muslims or voting for Trump would not have stopped this. But banning civilians from owning, buying, or selling assault rifles and ammunition could prevent the next one.

The Orlando shooter passed the necessary FBI background checks, obeyed the Democrats’ “commonsense” gun laws and bought his murder weapons legally.

Hillary Clinton, speaking about the Orlando terrorist attack, called it a “virus that poisoned his mind,” as though he were a victim of a disease. Outrageously stupid.

If Obama and Clinton were in charge in France, after the police commander and his partner were killed by a terrorist they would have called for a ban on knives.

The recent actions by Donald Trump to ban certain news media from covering his campaign are normal in Third World countries and dictatorships. What does that suggest he might do with freedom of speech if he is elected?

“Politically correct” is the politically correct way to say something nice about something that’s mostly wrong. Speak bluntly, offending those for whom the truth offends, and to heck with all the “politically correct” doublespeak.

For every conservative against Zika-carrying mosquitoes, there’s a bleeding-heart, anti-cruelty liberal wanting to save all insects.

It puzzles me which is worse: Sam Brownback, or the blind sheep that continue to follow him.

I know why the Kansas revenue forecasts are so off. A bunch of longtime established businesses have changed their business status. They used to pay taxes. So now the owners are not paying taxes.

The legislative leaders and the governor say that the Supreme Court shutting down the schools for less than 1 percent of the school budget would be ridiculous. Give them less than 1 percent of their regular salary and per diem, and you’ll hear the screams statewide.

I had two coupons for free products, so the balance due was zero, but had to pay 38 cents for Kansas sales tax.

This story was originally published June 16, 2016 at 12:01 AM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (June 16)."