Vin Suprynowicz (born c. 1950) is an American

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author who formerly edited editorial pages for the

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-based ''

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''. He has published two volumes of nonfiction essays on the philosophy of law and society, ''Send In the

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Killers'' (1999) and ''The Ballad of Carl Drega'' (2002). In 2005, he published his

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, ''The Black Arrow''.

Biography

Vin Suprynowicz was born in

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. He attended local schools, graduating from

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in 1968. He graduated from

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(

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) in 1972 with a degree in art and a concentration in filmmaking. He started his journalism career writing on a part-time basis for the ''

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'', before becoming (in succession) a reporter for the '' Willimantic Chronicle'', a news editor of the ''

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'', and the managing editor of the daily ''

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''. He also published the '' Providence Eagle'' from 1980 to 1985. At that time Suprynowicz moved to Arizona where he was editor-in-chief of the ''

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'', a newspaper serving the western

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. In 1992 Suprynowicz was offered a position with the ''

'' and moved to Nevada. He became involved with the

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. In

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he ran in

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as the

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ial candidate of the Libertarian Party with L. Neil Smith as the presidential candidate.

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and

Harry Browne Harry Edson Browne (June 17, 1933 – March 1, 2006) was an American writer, politician, and investment advisor. He was the Libertarian Party's Presidential nominee in the U.S. elections of 1996 and 2000. He authored 12 books that in total have ...

were the Libertarian Party candidates in the other 49 states. Suprynowicz is also a member and supporter of the

Free State Project The Free State Project (FSP) is an American political migration movement founded in 2001 to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state (New Hampshire was selected in 2003) in order to make the state a stronghold ...

.He is a regular contributor to ''

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'' magazine.

References

External links

"About Vin"
his official website

Individuals endorsing the Free State Project (title subject's name not appearing).

''Firearms News,'' formerly ''Shotgun News.''
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