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April 26, 2007
More On 2nd Amendment Rights
(The following was a post in response to another readers comments. We thought you might miss it if we left it in comments, so here it is, the writer makes some excellent points!)
From John F.....
Libby, I was raised with guns in my house along with a healthy respect for human life. The majority of my friends, Male and Female were raised the same way. We didn't solve our disputes with them... See healthy respect for human life. I later went on to a career in law enforcement and saw many instances where the right to have arms could have saved lives. Thankfully, I also saw instances, where it did. I find it quite odd that you see the cause for this tragedy to be the access to firearms, and not a respect for human life issue. In a society where we condone the killing of innocent life because we don't want to take responsibility for our actions, it isn't a leap to see how an
unstable person solves their perceived problems by killing them. If gun control is the answer, explain to me why the highest violent crime rates exist in areas that have the most restrictive controls, e.g. New York or Los Angeles. You of course will say population, but as a retired cop from South L.A. I can tell you that only 5% of the residents in South LA are responsible for the violent crimes which occurr there. No I'm sorry Libby, there has been enough attributing of evil to things and too little to ones personal conduct. That logic does nothing to secure people from those who would ravage them. It is just an easy way to pretend you have done something. Does anyone else remember the flyers from England to America during the Second World War asking for us to send a gun to save an English family?
Posted by Post Scripts at April 26, 2007 10:04 PM
Comments
Great comment. I have never heard of the flyers from England asking for guns but I did read an account of the Warsaw getto. The regret by the unarmed men was heartbreaking...they had nothing to defend themselves against the terrible internment, oppression, starvation and executions and mass slaughter.
Posted by: Tina at April 26, 2007 10:45 PM
That was outstanding!!!
Now we should all sit patiently while Libby responds with a well thought out rebuttal.....
Notice I say sit patiently, I tried holding my breath once.....bad idea.
Posted by: Nick Freitas at April 27, 2007 03:33 PM