Letter to the editor: Too much gun control a threat to American civil society
Published 11:12 pm Wednesday, January 2, 2013
President Obama wants more gun control, and I know gun control works.
For proof just look to our friends in Mexico. You can get a 20-year prison sentence for just bringing a gun into Mexico. They have very strict gun control.
The drug cartels/police can murder church groups, wedding groups, parties and any individual they want indiscriminately and get by with it. The people are helpless to stop it. Even if they were allowed to have a few hand guns it would not help.
On the other hand, if the people had rifles, shotguns, AR-15s or AK-47s and plenty of ammunition they might be able to protect their wives, children and families.
For further proof on how well gun control works, just look at how well it worked for Adolf Hitler. When he had disarmed the German people, he told the world to watch how well Germany did. Boy, that sure worked out well! He invaded country after country, slaughtering people as he went.
However, when the German army invaded Finland they found they had a tiger by the tail. In Finland every able-bodied man and older boys were required to posses and train with a rifle. Germany turned tail and got out of Finland.
In every U.S. state where they have liberal concealed carry laws, the crime rates have dropped dramatically. Just check the statistics on one state like Florida.
Also, a lot of people that want stringent gun control laws do not realize that they are protected by all their Second Amendment gun-toting neighbors. The bad guys do not know which house is unprotected and which ones have a gun-toting mother or father determined to protect their family and themselves.
Be careful what you ask for, you might get it.