Law to arm congressmen doesn’t go far enough
Dear Editor:
That the Congress is advocating a bill to allow its members to carry concealed anywhere in the US except on Capitol Hill and the White House makes two facts self-evident.
That armed response on the spot is the only truly effective response deterrent in the critical first moments of a lethal assault, and
That as the Constitution does not recognize different classes of citizens, the law should apply to all law-abiding Americans equally.
Capt. Roy Warren West USA (ret.)
Philadelphia, PA
CA Safe Firearm program considered a total scam
Dear Editor:
I hear very little about any effort to put a stop to California’s Safe Firearms program run by the state Attorney General’s office.
With that in mind, I wonder if their mandatory firearm testing program has found any defective firearms, other than the broken grips and bent sights the testing program produces?
Specifically, did California’s Justice Department happen to discover that Glock self fire problem? Or did they find the problem that caused the recent recall by Ruger?
I ask, because if they have found no such defects in any firearms, then I would say California’s Safe Firearm program is a total scan, a cash cow, and nothing else. At the very least it is a hardship for gunowners and a needless great expense for all manufacturers wanting to sell in California.
Bob Woodson
Bishop, CA
Texan pursues wrong case in Massachusetts
Dear Editor:
“A Texas man who was convicted of a series of weapons charges while a law student in Massachusetts is taking aim at the state’s gun licensing demands in a Hail Mary appeal that the Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear.” Boston Herald.
The man, who is representing himself, claims that the Bay State’s requirement of a license to keep guns in your own home is a violation of the Second Amendment.
But this is not the kind of case to bring to the Massachusetts Court system. The Mass SJC is “licking their chops” waiting to rule on this case, meaning it’s a sure loser for gunowners and the ruling will only tighten lawful gun ownership in the state.
The plaintiff is a good ol’ Texan who doesn’t understand Massachusetts’ elite European-style “people control” gun haters, anti-constitutionalists, who loath and vilify rights of the common man.
Harold H. Talanian
Flagstaff, AZ
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story in the Boston Herald cited similar comments from Brent Carlton, co-founder of the Commonwealth Second Amendment organization, who was quoted as saying:
“They (the courts) have a history of picking bad cases that are ripe for bad case law. The fact that they accepted this case is setting off alarm bells for me.”
