Sentences with phrase «personal ownership of their issues»

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It's absurd that the issue of gun ownership has become this «private, personal» matter that no one can touch.

In a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back then).

This is where the phrase «the personal is political» has taken us: into a world of anxious, narcissistic egotism, in which identity groups attempt to take ownership of issues while silencing those who appear to attack their identity.

Caroline Spelman, the environment secretary, has issued an unequivocal apology to the House of Commons after taking personal responsibility for the «wrong» decision to change the ownership of 258,000 hectares of state - owned woodland.

Acceptance, focusing on strengths and positives, and taking ownership of perceptions and personal vulnerabilities are the antidotes to these unsolvable issues.