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Victor Joecks

Columnist

Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.

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Here’s what students should know about gun control

If students playing hooky solved gun violence, mass shootings would have ended decades ago — kids, just ask your parents if they ever cut class. That’s not going to stop today’s students from trying again.

 
Two lessons from Trump’s tariffs

The government shouldn’t pick winners and losers in the economy. That includes trade policy. On Thursday, President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum with the ability for countries to negotiate exclusions.

 
Laxalt running for Sandoval’s third term

Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt may be a strong conservative, but he’s positioning himself as a defender of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s moderate policies.

 
The left’s path to gun confiscation

The big gun-control bill House Democrats are pushing after the horrific Florida school shooting has a significant flaw. It won’t prevent the next school shooting. On Monday, House Democrats introduced an assault weapons ban.

 
Sisolak, Democrats attack group for helping pregnant women

Nevada’s Democratic Party doesn’t think a women’s right to choose should include picking where she gets medical treatment. Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate and attorney general Adam Laxalt visited First Choice Pregnancy Services, a crisis pregnancy center.

Parental pushback delays new CCSD transgender policy

Government bodies have violated Nevada’s open meeting law in numerous ways over the years. The offenses usually aren’t as blatant as the infringement committed Thursday by the Clark County School Board.

Political party pushing minimum wage hike seeks unpaid interns

During the last legislative session, Nevada Democrats tried numerous times to increase Nevada’s minimum wage. With the 2018 elections less than nine months away, Nevada’s Democratic Party is now actively recruiting dozens of unpaid interns.

 
Being a shooting victim doesn’t make you an expert on ending gun violence

Being a shooting victim doesn’t make you an expert on ending gun violence. You wouldn’t know that from watching CNN. It’s been a week since a monster killed 17 at a Florida high school. The calls for gun control have been reflexive and ambiguous, but the media has found a new mouthpiece — shooting survivors.

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