Personal Response to TYPICAL ANTI-GUN article in Arizona Republic

November 10, 2004 | CSADOC

[DocH]

Be afraid, very afraid.

[FreedomCalls]

I did not claim you were not smart at all. For all I know you have an IQ of umpty-million. All I said was that you post looks stupid and immature with all the unnecessary capitalization.

It's just advice -- take it or leave it. But you will be taken a lot more seriously if you lay off the silly capitalization.

[FreedomCalls]

And YES, I KNOW it's "grammar", vice "grammer". Get a life.

Now you are criticizing me for something you imagined I said. I have never corrected nor criticized your grammar or your spelling.

[.45MAN]

Great letter, these people just don't get it and most of them couldn't tell a assault rifle from a paintball gun..

[dansangel]

BTTT

[DocH]

I wasn't criticizing you for something I "imagined you SAID". I was criticizing you for something I imagined you WOULD say. It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things anyway, does it? Aren't we on the same side? If your original comments were advice, very well. Point taken, and ignored. For this reason... SOME things in life, such as our constitutional rights, merit some passion (one reason Kerry couldn't connect with his target audience, is because he had no passion, and of course... because he's a lying-sack-of-sh*t). One way to show that passion and to make sure the target of that passion gets the main points, as far as the written word goes, is to capitalize, underline, or use bold letters. If the way I make my points is not to your liking, sorry. Either way, I am realistic enough to know that I am probably not going to change the entrenched liberal, anti-gun mind. Semper fi.

[FreedomCalls]

I was criticizing you for something I imagined you WOULD say.

But I wouldn't. So there's no point.

One way to show that passion and to make sure the target of that passion gets the main points

But if your points are valid and even necessary, and the person to whom they are directed tosses them aside because they resemble the ravings of a looney person you have accomplished nothing. Your point would be much better made without the capitalizations. It looks sophomoric no matter what the content.

[School of Rational Thought]

Nice job.

The vulgar left traffics in lies and ignorance and must be exposed to the light of day at every corner.

[ExSoldier]

Good letter, but if I may offer just two minor criticisms:

Formatting is our friend. More paragraphs makes for easier reading.

Don't use so many ALL CAPS words or phrases, it's irritating. Makes it hard to read. If you feel you must emphasize something use lower case italics or lower case bold font.

[ExSoldier]

I KNOW that MOST rank and file STREET cops support the RIGHT of law-abiding citizens (INCLUDING themselves when they are off-duty, or when they quit or retire) to keep and bear these type of firearms.

Twenty years ago this would have been 100% the case. However those cops are now retiring as fast as they can in the face of increasing lawsuits and decreasing departmental support for police involved shootings.

Look at the demographic of todays new street cops and indeed the military folks in the combat arms, aka the trigger pullers. They are uniformly products of the public schools and they are victims of that anti-gun, anti-freedom agenda. Most new street cops, those on the street for five years or less are pretty emphatic in their belief that only they should have access to firearms. However, they are also shocked when that situation is accurately described to them as a "Police State."