For safety, get rid of guns
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When will enough be enough? After seeing what our students have gone through at Virginia Tech, isn’t it time for a radical change with guns?
If no one had a gun, we would be equal in our defense with the exception of the sickly and elderly.
It is the cowards who are using guns to empower themselves because they know a gun is a weapon that will take your life in a split second. It is a coward who holds a gun to the cashier’s face; it is a coward who commits drive-by shootings; and it is definitely a coward who walks into a classroom and takes innocent lives because he feels the world owes him.
So if it is the cowards who are using guns to take precious lives, it is time to take back the power from the cowards.
There is no need for guns on our streets or in our homes. You don’t hear too often that a homeowner shoots and kills a burglar. It is usually the criminal who possesses the gun.
And there is the risk of children accidentally being shot in the home from being curious about a gun. No matter how well you think you hide the key to the gun cabinet, it’s not worth the risk.
Is it really that important to own a gun? If there were no more guns, I think we all would feel a lot safer because the criminals would not have the power of a gun over our heads. They would have to rely on their own defense, and they are too cowardly to do so.
A solution for hunters and those who shoot for sport would be to have a place where you would pick your gun up and then bring it back when you are done for the day. It would be regulated and done in the area where the gun is used. You would not be permitted to drive the gun to another point.
Where would the money come from for something like this? To save lives, there would be a way. God knows money is spent on a lot worse things.
This sounds as though we would be giving up our rights, but what we really would be doing is being responsible adults and taking back the power along with protecting our families and children.
I would love to see Altoona be the safe haven it once was. I know this will bring a lot of response from those who own guns and feel they have the right to own them. But as everything else goes in this world today, the bad ruin it for the good.
So if you feel the need to respond or bash this letter, don’t direct it to me; direct it to the parents and families of the students and adults who have just lost their loved ones because someone decided to destroy their lives with a gun. My heart goes out to each and everyone of them.
Karen Reilly
Altoona
http://www.altoonamirror.com/Letters...rticleID=11358
When will enough be enough? After seeing what our students have gone through at Virginia Tech, isn’t it time for a radical change with guns?
If no one had a gun, we would be equal in our defense with the exception of the sickly and elderly.
It is the cowards who are using guns to empower themselves because they know a gun is a weapon that will take your life in a split second. It is a coward who holds a gun to the cashier’s face; it is a coward who commits drive-by shootings; and it is definitely a coward who walks into a classroom and takes innocent lives because he feels the world owes him.
So if it is the cowards who are using guns to take precious lives, it is time to take back the power from the cowards.
There is no need for guns on our streets or in our homes. You don’t hear too often that a homeowner shoots and kills a burglar. It is usually the criminal who possesses the gun.
And there is the risk of children accidentally being shot in the home from being curious about a gun. No matter how well you think you hide the key to the gun cabinet, it’s not worth the risk.
Is it really that important to own a gun? If there were no more guns, I think we all would feel a lot safer because the criminals would not have the power of a gun over our heads. They would have to rely on their own defense, and they are too cowardly to do so.
A solution for hunters and those who shoot for sport would be to have a place where you would pick your gun up and then bring it back when you are done for the day. It would be regulated and done in the area where the gun is used. You would not be permitted to drive the gun to another point.
Where would the money come from for something like this? To save lives, there would be a way. God knows money is spent on a lot worse things.
This sounds as though we would be giving up our rights, but what we really would be doing is being responsible adults and taking back the power along with protecting our families and children.
I would love to see Altoona be the safe haven it once was. I know this will bring a lot of response from those who own guns and feel they have the right to own them. But as everything else goes in this world today, the bad ruin it for the good.
So if you feel the need to respond or bash this letter, don’t direct it to me; direct it to the parents and families of the students and adults who have just lost their loved ones because someone decided to destroy their lives with a gun. My heart goes out to each and everyone of them.
Karen Reilly
Altoona
