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Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE The debate about gun control vs. Second Amendment rights came to Belmont County on Wednesday when Norman Doyle asked for commissioners’ support to make the county a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The St. Clairsville resident is the owner of the Eastern Ohio Shooting Academy. He presented a proposed petition in response to what he described as federal overreach by President Joe Biden’s administration. He gave the commissioners a proposed template, and the board members said they would review the request and come to a decision. Doyle has not yet begun collecting signatures. “I asked about the signatures, and they said not at this time, because I know I can get thousands of signatures,” he said. “Everybody is afraid of this new administration, and they’re going to ram all these anti-gun laws through.” ....
1) Defending the vaccine strategy Trudeau defended the federal governments vaccine procurement strategy, which has seen Canada secure access to 214 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with options to purchase 200 million more from up to seven manufacturers. If all vaccine trials pan out, that’s 414 million doses. In the interview ,the prime minister said he “will not apologize” for the number of doses Canada has ordered, and said if we have excess, they “absolutely” would be shared with other countries who are struggling to access them. He downplayed concerns about Americans being vaccinated at a faster rate than Canadians, suggesting that Canada’s stronger health-care system will be to our advantage, and said that lessons learned from the struggle to secure enough personal protective equipment (PPE) early on in the pandemic informed their different approach to vaccine procurement. ....
OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revealed what he views as his blind spot as a leader: that he doesn’t “think about political consequences” of some decisions he takes. He is also offering new details on his plans for parity in the Senate. In a year-end interview with CTV News’ Evan Solomon, airing in full on CTV’s Question Period this Sunday at 11 a.m. EST, Trudeau was asked what he thinks is his biggest weakness as a leader. He didn’t directly respond, but when the follow up question of what his blind spot is, Trudeau replied: “Focusing on elements that I think are obvious, that I don t think about political consequences on.” ....