Gun Control thoughts

[kjolly]

Copies of this letter I wrote are being sent to my senators in Texas and emailed to my friends.
In recognition of current events everyone is getting on the band wagon either in favor or against gun control. In this latest terrible shooting in a public theatre we can see the fallacy of gun control. If one person had been in this location as a citizen and stopped this threat in action many lives would have been saved. I would be kissing his toes. Instead the theatre opted to control gun access and took away the rights of self-defense for the citizens attending the movie. The young man that entered with malicious intent to kill was a coward. He knew there would be no one in this theatre that could stop his evil and psychotic intentions. These people lost their lives because of gun control. He knew he would have a free fire zone in which no one could respond. This is further proved by the fact that he lived through this violent attack and even made it back to his car before capture.
England back in the liberal spirit of how guns are bad took weapons away from its citizens. Since then their crime rate has soared because common people had no way to defend themselves, and criminals no longer feared the consequence of their actions. An excellent example of this was the mob riots that burned a lot of London. Gun control was a very bad thing for England however they made it worse by now being able to prosecute anyone that harms someone robbing you. A friend of mine immigrating to America his first action was buying a gun.
To attempt to enforce gun control in the US is laughable. I have heard several wild guess as to how many unregistered guns abound on our streets however please believe me when I say there is no way to tag and locate all of them by a huge stretch. This cat got out of the bag a long time ago. If laws are passed only legal citizens will make the slightest attempt to conform and the criminals will have a field day. One of the chief fears of a criminal is that a home owner will be armed. In this simulation only the criminal element will be armed. (English criminals still can get guns.)
I was at the range several months ago when someone brought in six Chinese quests that spoke no English. They fired guns for the first time in their lives and I wish you could have seen the positive effect this had on them in understanding the freedoms of America.
This country was founded by a people that fought for their freedom and understood the importance of the citizens bearing arms. A man (or woman) without a gun is a serf. Armed he is a free man with all of the responsibilities and rights of the second amendment. In five of our eastern states there are more registered hunters than the army of Iran. During WW2 the reaon Japan never invaded our mainland was a healthy respect for the armed American.
The bloodiest war ever fought was Americans fighting Americans. The only way the Civil War eventually ended was by attrition. It was fought until almost the last man standing. Americans are the most dangerous force on this planet, its fortunate that we attempt to channel this effort to good causes.
Europe was losing both of the World Wars until American soldiers stepped in to clean the mess up.
We have a history and heritage of firearms. Yes there are sick people that take advantage of our freedom by killing others but for each of these there are thousands of us standing ready to defend our country and our rights.
Don’t take away our rights and guns or we surely go down.

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929
to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable
to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

[C-dub]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

Also, some of your facts are incorrect. One such error is that, while the theater seems to have a sign that prohibited firearms, tt doesn't have the force of law behind it. A person must still be asked to leave and if they refuse can then be arrested.

Your opinion might might be well received based on it's intent or placed into the circular file based on poor spelling and grammar.

[gdanaher]

I agree. The intention was laudable. Without overt criticism, no doubt there are individuals here who would be more than willing to act as a copy editor. The message needs to be conveyed in a manner that permits the reader to easily understand and absorb your thoughts and feelings while avoiding the 'noise' of technical errors.

[45 4 life]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

Also, some of your facts are incorrect. One such error is that, while the theater seems to have a sign that prohibited firearms, tt doesn't have the force of law behind it. A person must still be asked to leave and if they refuse can then be arrested.
Your opinion might might be well received based on it's intent or placed into the circular file based on poor spelling and grammar.

If you are going to correct someone thats great, but get your facts straight first. The theater is in Colorado not Texas. There is no 30.06 requirement in CO.

[WildBill]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

I agree. The intention was laudable. Without overt criticism, no doubt there are individuals here who would be more than willing to act as a copy editor. The message needs to be conveyed in a manner that permits the reader to easily understand and absorb your thoughts and feelings while avoiding the 'noise' of technical errors.

IMO, the letter is too long and would not be read by senators or other people who do not know you personally. Your letter has enough information and topics for a long magazine article or a 2nd amendment pamphlet, but that is too much for a general audience.

My suggest is that you stick to one major premise and then back it up with examples and facts. One guideline is 250 words or less - the same limit as many newspapers allow for "letters to the editor".

[AEA]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

Also, some of your facts are incorrect. One such error is that, while the theater seems to have a sign that prohibited firearms, tt doesn't have the force of law behind it. A person must still be asked to leave and if they refuse can then be arrested.
Your opinion might might be well received based on it's intent or placed into the circular file based on poor spelling and grammar.

If you are going to correct someone thats great, but get your facts straight first. The theater is in Colorado not Texas. There is no 30.06 requirement in CO.

Gettin' the popcorn and sitting down for this one.........

[WildBill]

It was not my intent, or the other posters, to bash the OP. I believe that all of us were just trying to help him out by offering some constructive criticism.

[C-dub]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

Also, some of your facts are incorrect. One such error is that, while the theater seems to have a sign that prohibited firearms, tt doesn't have the force of law behind it. A person must still be asked to leave and if they refuse can then be arrested.
Your opinion might might be well received based on it's intent or placed into the circular file based on poor spelling and grammar.

If you are going to correct someone thats great, but get your facts straight first. The theater is in Colorado not Texas. There is no 30.06 requirement in CO.

The thread I am going to reference is relatively deep, so you might not have read all of it or seen these posts from one of our own Moderators, CHL instructor, former and possibly retired LEO. In the second link, Keith B's post is the third one from the top. Despite not having the illustrious 30.06 sign, no sign has the force of law unless it is posted in a place that is statutorily off limits by CO law.

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[C-dub]

I understand your frustration and intent. However, if you are going to write a letter to some government official or body, please perform a spell check and grammar check or at least re-read your letter a minimum of three times. There are several misspelled words and words that, while spelled correctly, are the wrong word. (i.e. quests instead of guests)

Also, some of your facts are incorrect. One such error is that, while the theater seems to have a sign that prohibited firearms, tt doesn't have the force of law behind it. A person must still be asked to leave and if they refuse can then be arrested.
Your opinion might might be well received based on it's intent or placed into the circular file based on poor spelling and grammar.

If you are going to correct someone thats great, but get your facts straight first. The theater is in Colorado not Texas. There is no 30.06 requirement in CO.

Gettin' the popcorn and sitting down for this one.........

Looks like you might need to pace yourself. He may not be back for a little while.

[AEA]