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The Unique Role Our Combat Veterans Can Play In Reducing American Gun Violence

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Editor’s note: The Long March will be closed for inventory the month of August. We regret any inconvenience this causes our loyal customers. In an effort to keep you reasonably content and focussed, we are offering re-runs of some of the best columns of the year. We value your custom and hope you will stick around for . . . the Long March.

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A Fallen Cadet Lived His Ideals To The End. What About The Rest Of Us?

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Peter passed away on February 14, 2018 in Parkland FL. He is a hero, having sacrificed his life to protect his friends and classmates. He loved being in the JROTC and planned on attending United States Military Academy West Point. He liked the Houston Rockets, hip-hop music, playing basketball and spending time with his friends. He is survived by his father Kong and mother Hui, and his brothers Jason and Alex and extended family.

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3 Big Cities Sue DoD Over Gun-Database Reporting After Texas Church Shooting

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Three major U.S. cities filed a suit against the Pentagon that would require the military to submit to federal court monitoring of its compliance with a law to prevent firearms purchases by felons and domestic abusers — such as the Air Force veteran who in November perpetrated one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.

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From ‘Malingering Loser’ To Reluctant Hero, Chris Mintz Recalls Oregon Massacre

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Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part story that originally appeared in Stars and Stripes.

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