On This Day | The Weapon We All Wield

One of the things with which North Dakota people are most concerned is motor traffic.

It is no wonder.

We have taken the privilege of carrying knives outside of the home away from our citizens through the concealed weapons law.

We have taken the privilege of carrying pistols around the streets away from our citizens through the concealed weapons law.

We have taken the privilege of securing poisons and drugs from the druggist away from our citizens through the doctor prescription law.

Within the last three years North Dakota adults have even reached across the shoulders of the children and snatched away the firecrackers by law, saying, “Here, that’s too dangerous for you to play with.”

We have taken away all license, people to own and use the most terrible weapon America has known: the motor vehicle.

November 15, 1951 | Ward County Independent