Gun control laws only work to suppress law-abiding citizens | Letter
Published 7:28 pm Sunday, September 7, 2014
The letter from Dan Michael in the Sept. 5 issue of the Reporter concerning I-594 needs further comment.
Several major US cities currently have strict gun control regulations, yet those cities have very high rates of gun related crimes. How can that be? Suppose it is similar to alcohol or drug prohibitions. Nice folks obey the law and follow the law while bad folks can get drugs and guns no matter how restricted that access might be. The false security of gun control is exactly that – false security.
Despots have arisen around the world during the past 100 years and, with no exception I am aware of, they always confiscate the guns prior to taking over. Far easier to confiscate guns if the despot has records of who owns them. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mugabe, Duvalier, Kim – none would have arisen to dominate their respective countries had the citizens been well armed to resist the terror. Imagine 6 million armed Jews in Germany, France, Poland and Austria – the Holocaust would never have happened.
We may be smug about Democracy in our country, but recent events suggest our form of government is being seriously challenged. Best to be wary.
Despots have arisen around the world during the past 100 years and, with no exception I am aware of, they always confiscate the guns prior to taking over. Far easier to confiscate guns if the despot has records of who owns them. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mugabe, Duvalier, Kim – none would have arisen to dominate their respective countries had the citizens been well armed to resist the terror. Imagine 6 million armed Jews in Germany, France, Poland and Austria – the Holocaust would never have happened.
We may be smug about Democracy in our country, but recent events suggest our form of government is being seriously challenged. Best to be wary.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” so said TR. In Ferguson the police did nothing to protect store owners and property owners. Those property owners who were armed protected themselves quite well, thank you very much. The press, for the most part, ignored that.
Passage of I-594 will leave the honest, well-intentioned citizenry of our state, vulnerable to crime and governmental shenanigans.
Paul Birkeland, Kirkland
Passage of I-594 will leave the honest, well-intentioned citizenry of our state, vulnerable to crime and governmental shenanigans.
Paul Birkeland, Kirkland
