Letter to the Editor Refuting Gun-Control Idiocy

Roadrunner · November 26th, 2007, 02:18 AM

I've been away from home for the past week and a half due to Thanksgiving and preparations for a funeral, so today I got home and scanned through the newspapers that were delivered while I was gone. One article caught my eye; Read here. I was severely ticked to see my local newspaper supporting that arrogant moron we have for a governor, so I fired off a letter to the editor explaining why they and he are so completely off base.

Quote:

Dear Times News,

I'm writing in response to your editorial about Ed Rendell's recent testimony before the state House Judiciary Committee in support of four gun-control measures. In this article you wrote that "These measures make sense ", yet you provide no evidence to support this position. The sad state of affairs in Washington D.C., New York City, and other cities which severely restrict firearms ownership provide strong evidence of the failure of gun control in this country. It is illegal to even possess a handgun in Washington D.C., yet the city's murder rate is one of the nation's highest. Perhaps this is because criminals, by definition, don't obey laws, and so laws that restrict firearms ownership deter them no more than laws against murder do. The bills that Rendell spoke in support of, with the exception of House Bill 2060, do NOT target criminal use of firearms but instead target those gun owners who already obey the law. If Governor Rendell were serious about preventing crime in our state, he would support more funding for law enforcement and the long-term incarceration of violent repeat offenders rather than shamelessly using the deaths of Philadelphia’s finest to promote his ineffective agenda. This simply proves once again that gun control isn’t about crime and it isn’t about guns; it’s about control. The Legislature was correct in their decision to ignore Rendell’s ignorant testimony and refuse to support these misguided bills.

This is my first letter to the editor, it's something I've wanted to do for a while just to do my part to possibly help a few literate fence-sitters to see the light. I'd appreciate any critiques, positive or negative, so I can do better next time. Thanks in advance.

retsupt99 · November 26th, 2007, 02:33 AM

Well done 'grasshopper'...

Stay armed...stay safe!

P7fanatic · November 26th, 2007, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Roadrunner

This is my first letter to the editor, it's something I've wanted to do for a while just to do my part to possibly help a few literate fence-sitters to see the light. I'd appreciate any critiques, positive or negative, so I can do better next time. Thanks in advance.

Thank you.

Duisburg · November 26th, 2007, 04:25 AM

amen!

prawls · November 26th, 2007, 08:58 AM

I know its a foot in the door and the proverbial chocolate sauce on a turd, but 29 and 2060 sound pretty good. Is there a downfall to 29 that I'm not seeing? Know they gotta be up to something.

Rossman · November 26th, 2007, 10:20 AM

1- i am not a felon
2- i have passed extensive background checks by the sheriffs department and the FBI.
3- i have been fingerprinted, trained, and tested.
4- i have demonstrated good character.
5- i obey the law.

Rock and Glock · November 26th, 2007, 10:33 AM

Well written letter, Kurt! Short, succinct, and with a lot of impact!

P95Carry · November 26th, 2007, 10:53 AM

I'd be interested to know if it gets a response ... makes all the points we so well know and try to tell folks.

(BTW - a split into two or three para's would help a bit too).

Ron · November 26th, 2007, 11:26 AM

Well done, Kurt. I believe that it is important to challenge, with a well written letter, such as Kurt's, every gun control article, letter to the editor, and attempt at gun control legislation. Our silence in the face of such assaults on our right to own and carry, can be construed as an implied acquiescence by gun control advocates. It may not have an impact on the "Brady" type people, but can influence the general population, who we need as allies.

Ron

Bob The Great · November 26th, 2007, 01:55 PM

Good letter. Every single comment left on that article mirrored your sentiments.

November 26th, 2007, 02:33 AM	#2
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 14,906	Well done 'grasshopper'... Stay armed...stay safe! __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

November 26th, 2007, 04:25 AM	#4
Duisburg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Duisburg, Germany Posts: 625	amen! __________________ If the 2nd Amendment was defined and broadly implemented as the 1st, 4th and 5th Amendments, it would be required for you to have a gun

November 26th, 2007, 08:58 AM	#5
prawls Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: VA Posts: 192	I know its a foot in the door and the proverbial chocolate sauce on a turd, but 29 and 2060 sound pretty good. Is there a downfall to 29 that I'm not seeing? Know they gotta be up to something. __________________ CARRY GUNS: Kel-Tec P32HC, S&W 638, Ruger LCP, Kimber Ultra CDP, Bersa T380, SIG P239 SAS

November 26th, 2007, 10:20 AM	#6
Rossman Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bass Lake, CA Posts: 491	1- i am not a felon 2- i have passed extensive background checks by the sheriffs department and the FBI. 3- i have been fingerprinted, trained, and tested. 4- i have demonstrated good character. 5- i obey the law. __________________ Rossman Colt 1911, XD 40, http://www.newsbusters.org/ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...stria-Iran.php http://www.soldiersangels.org/[url] I'm a bitter American clinging to his guns and religion.

November 26th, 2007, 10:33 AM	#7
Rock and Glock VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado at 9,500' Posts: 3,787	Well written letter, Kurt! Short, succinct, and with a lot of impact! __________________ Richard NRA Life Member "This world is not a playground where children at play are pampered by friendly nannies," Wendelin Wiedeking

November 26th, 2007, 10:53 AM	#8
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	I'd be interested to know if it gets a response ... makes all the points we so well know and try to tell folks. (BTW - a split into two or three para's would help a bit too). __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

November 26th, 2007, 11:26 AM	#9
Ron Distinguished Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 1,247	Well done, Kurt. I believe that it is important to challenge, with a well written letter, such as Kurt's, every gun control article, letter to the editor, and attempt at gun control legislation. Our silence in the face of such assaults on our right to own and carry, can be construed as an implied acquiescence by gun control advocates. It may not have an impact on the "Brady" type people, but can influence the general population, who we need as allies. Ron __________________ "It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." J. R. R. Tolkien

November 26th, 2007, 01:55 PM	#10
Bob The Great Distinguished Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 1,451	Good letter. Every single comment left on that article mirrored your sentiments. __________________ "A well-educated electorate, being necessary to the continuance of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed." Is this hard to understand? Then why does it get unintelligible to some people when 5 little words are changed?

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