Donald Trump returns to Butler on Saturday, October 5, during a meeting. In this town in Pennsylvania, the Republican candidate for the American presidential election was shot in the right ear three months ago, targeted by an assassination attempt by a sniper. Despite the drama, he has not changed his mind on firearms, just like his electorate, who do not want to hear about more controls, wherever they are in the country.
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With our special correspondents in Ferriday, Vincent Souriau and Julien Boileau
The hunting season has just opened. And in Homer Hewitt’s store, in the town of Ferriday, Louisiana, you can find everything: competition bows, titanium or carbon arrows, crossbows with laser sights, tents with camouflage pattern. Shooting is his life, and according to him it is this freedom that the Democrats want to take away from him.
“ If we don’t defend our freedom, if we don’t say anything, we will lose this freedom, it’s a shame, Homer annoys. Donald Trumpdo I agree with everything he says? No. But he is a strong man. And when they wanted to kill himthe first thing he did is to stand up and say: “fight!”. This is what we must do for America. »
Among his clients, mostly hunters, Belin Landry feels completely wronged since Joe Biden came to power: “ For all hunters, equipment costs more, whether it’s your rifles, your bows, your ammunitionlists the 76-year-old hunter. And what’s more, they want to restrict our rights, so that we become like Australia where guns are banned and the government can tell you what to do. »
If the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris wins, many say they want to go to another country. “ But there is no better country than the UNITED STATES », they say.
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