Author: Karl Schmidt | The Farmville Herald

Opinion

There is no gun problem in Virginia

The first swipe to ban guns/magazines in the Virginia legislature failed. Still, the core philosophy by which Democrats ... Read more

Opinion

The hidden truth about guns

Seems every few weeks there is a mass shooting that dominates the headlines. Although these shootings are mostly ... Read more

Opinion

Dying for freedom

When these mass shootings happen, everyone looks for solutions or something to blame. Many accuse the availability of ... Read more

Opinion

Spotting gun grabbers

What’s the difference between a gun and a car? Although both can be extremely deadly, there is no ... Read more

Opinion

Politics rules the day

Let’s face it, everything in America has become political. From kneeling football players to stores refusing to sell ... Read more

Opinion

American laws should be applied equally

If an American citizen brought their children along during the commission of a crime being caught by authorities, ... Read more

Columns

Setting the record straight

Although the assault against assault rifles has tapered off, it will be back just prior to the fall ... Read more

Recreation

Phases of deer hunting

Having started my life of whitetail deer hunting in the late 1960s in southern Maryland, eventually drifting to ... Read more

Columns

Generals not ‘traitors’

In response to Mr. Peca’s column, “Removal is not destruction” referred to General’s Lee and Jackson as “traitors” ... Read more

Columns

‘The distortion of the truth’

Study the Revolutionary War or the Civil War and by comparison, what’s brewing today really isn’t so bad.People ... Read more

Columns

Schmidt: ‘History is being rewritten’

American Civil War history is being rewritten. Although most couldn’t guess, within a decade when the Civil War ... Read more

Columns

‘We cannot all fit the same mold’

There is increasing talk from all across the southern (Confederate) states to remove statues and flags that pay ... Read more

Columns

The disarming of America

Oregon is a conservative and pro-gun state unreceptive to Washington politics. Still, President Barack Obama has a deep ... Read more

Columns

Guns get a black eye ‘when misused against innocence’ in America

It may be said America has a gun culture, but does one person in 100 understand firearms? That ... Read more

Columns

Hunting policy defies rational thinking

Being a devoted deer hunter for 45 years — mostly in Maryland — I became a resident of ... Read more

Columns

As Flags And Atrocities Go, Southern Banner’s History Is Tame

Before the Confederate flag is surrendered up for the second time in this country, another flag or two ... Read more

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