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  • Heard Around the West

    Utah Republican Chris Buttars just doesn’t know how to talk to “those people”; stupid poachers in pickup trucks; earliest recording of “Howl” discovered; more guns in schools – and national parks; and great rental deal in Logan, Utah.

    by Betsy Marston, Mar 17, 2008

  • Cold dead fingers

    Ed Quillen considers Charlton Heston, the Second Amendment, and the rights, wrongs and responsibilities of gun ownership out West.

    by Ed Quillen, Apr 28, 2008

  • It's time for a ceasefire on guns

    Hal Herring believes that Democrats should give up on gun control, not just for the sake of politics but because it’s the right thing to do.

    by Hal Herring, Dec 05, 2008

  • What’s the NRA’s beef with roadless areas?

    A hunter and member of the National Rifle Association is angry at the way the group puts gun ownership above roadless areas, wildlife, and hunting

    by Pat Wray, Jan 23, 2006

  • Why we all need the Democrats to abandon gun control

    Hal Herring believes that Democrats should give up on gun control –– in order to win in the West and because it’s the right thing to do.

    by Hal Herring, Oct 27, 2008
  • A conversation I look forward to having with the NRA

    A conversation I look forward to having with the NRA

    A lifetime member of the NRA is skeptical of the group's paranoia about President Obama’s gun-control plans.

    by Pat Wray, Mar 01, 2012

  • Letter imperfect

    Some of the more heated responses to Ray Ring’s gun story show a certain ignorance of general constitutional principles, but HCN loves letters and is already looking forward to readers’ reactions to the current issue’s story on carbon sequestration.

    by John Mecklin, Sep 03, 2007

  • The NRA needs someone like me

    Pat Wray is running for the board of the National Rifle Association because he believes it needs to start defending the wildlife and habitat that hunters need – not just the guns they use.

    by Pat Wray, Aug 24, 2008

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