12/25/2012
Letters to the Editor: December 25, 2012
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Guns should be locked up
Editor:
Regarding the tragedy in Newtown. lets start with some basics of gun ownership, all weapons should be under lock and key. Nancy Lanza , the teachers and those children may very well be alive today if she would have kept these weapons from the hands of her son. She new that her son had mental health issues and should have taken the steps to prevent him from access to these weapons. I'm a father of four boys, three of which know how to use a gun. There knowledge comes from our joy of hunting and target shooting. We have guns with high capacity clips which really are nice when target shooting. Constant reloading sucks! The weapons we use for hunting,shotguns and high powered rifles do not require high capacity clips. All of these are locked in a gun safe when not in use. I for one am completely willing to put additional steps in place to obtain the types of weapons in question. Also we should have something in place where someone can place unstable/ mentally ill people on a website to limit there ability to obtain these weapons. I'm a concealed weapons permit owner and have no problem waiting in line awhile longer to purchase a gun. A man in china stabbed 22 children at a school. In Uganda & the Congo, genocide was largely carried out with machetes. At least in this great country, we are given the right to defend ourselves under the second amendment.
Joe Hoffman
Buckeye
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Letter writer profound
Editor:
The recent letter sent in by Kelborn Sinclair was undoubtedly the most profound I have read on the subject of gun control and why more strict legislation won't solve the problem. I would suggest anyone who hasn't had a chance to, read the letter published on 12/18/12. The writer hit all the salient points on why we are having this crisis in our society.
I would like to add the shooters mother in Conn. purchased these guns legally, oddly enough, because she wanted to "feel safer". A bad decision on her part to purchase guns with a lunatic kid in the house.
And to make matters worse, she did not take precautions to lock the guns up in a safe. Bad move
Bottom line, guns have been with us for over 200 years, but mass shootings like this one are a phenomenon of the last 20 years. Could it be we have become a more violent, dis-connected society? Do we continue to buy violent video games for our kids, and watch violence on TV with no thought of the consequences? Did we take God and prayer out of our schools without a thought of what might happen? We all want safety, but we are not willing to fund mental health care, and put "our money where our mouth is". It's a damn shame that it takes something like this to happen, in order for us to solve the problem. And it will be solved.
Tom Moore
Goodyear
Local business 'adopts' family
Editor:
I am typically not a "letter to the editor" type of person however on reading the Community Notes section of Tuesdays paper I came across an item that bothered me.
It seems that Orthopedic Physical Therapy "adopted" a
family for Christmas. While that is an awesome way to do some giving back during this time of year (or any time for that matter), this business instead took out an ad to ask for donations for the family.
I suppose what bothers me is that they want the warm fuzzies while getting others to do the
giving.
Please understand that ultimately I am thrilled that a family in need will receive needed things, I just have have a bad taste in my mouth for the way this business went about it. Maybe they are unaware of the tax write off.
S. Hankins
Goodyear
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Article comment by:
John Walsh
Gordon,
Substance and brevity are not mutually exclusive. For example, let me say, for example, "your screeds are boring and lack substance, but certainly do not lack meaningless words". Short, to the point, and substantive.
Take a lesson.
You're (for Greg) Welcome
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012
Article comment by:
Gordon Posner
The immoral Mr. Brosius
Dear Mr. Brosius:
Once again you reveal your complete ignorance of the English language, by your mindless use of "Socialism!" to describe everything you disagree with.
The idea of changing the psychiatric commitment laws has been suggested by numerous people - including that noted "Socialist!" Mr. Wayne La Pierre (of the NRA - obviously a "commie front" group).
And nowhere did I suggest a campaign of genocide or forced sterilization (the latter, by the way, was an idea Nazi Germany got from American devotees of Social Darwinism and Eugenics - not exactly "fellow travelers" of "Socialism!”).
The problem of what to do with the mentally ill requires more than your knee-jerk invocation of that epithet. How many people must be pushed under subway cars, how many school children must be slain, how many mentally disturbed persons who desperately need help (and who all of us need protection from) must be denied that help until they've killed someone? It's a very serious issue, sir, and it's immoral of you to address it with your empty rhetoric, while offering no “solution” of your own.
So, here's a "radical" suggestion: Instead of indulging your blind and partisan ideology, why not offer your ideas on how to deal with this problem?
I mean, we could always limit the damage people like Adam Lanza do by banning guns altogether! But, somehow, I don't think you'd favor that proposal. So, what alternatives can you suggest?
P.S. - And I offered far more than “only one solution”. But ignoring what I write so you can fire “cheap shots” is your usual method of operation.
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012
Article comment by:
Gordon Posner
Dear Mr. Walsh:
While I don't consider myself in the same league with the Founders, I notice that they didn't place "brevity" above all other virtues or concerns. (Read The Federalist Papers for example.) Important issues of public policy, not to mention Law, require an attention span greater than that of a hyper-active teenager, busy Twittering through a sugar high. If you find my Comments too long, by all means feel free to ignore them.
Instead, you could spend the time enjoying the Classics Illustrated or Cliff Notes versions of the works of such other long-winded individuals as Shakespeare, Dickens, Dostoyevsky (etc.), and pretend that makes you "well read".
; -)
P.S. - And why not try writing something of substance for a change, instead of your usual "flyby cheap shots". Or would that tax your abilities?
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012
Article comment by:
John Walsh
Greg Rivers
At least I was brief. )
Posted: Sunday, December 30, 2012
Article comment by:
Greg Rivers
John Walsh:
Your - the possessive case of "you"
You're - a contraction of the words "you" and "are"
For example: You're welcome.
If you are going to get on someone with regards to their writing style, you might want to make sure you don't make a third-grade grammar mistake.
You're welcome.
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