To: freepatriot32
Email sent to Mr. L.
Dear Mr. Lichtenheld,
I have to most strongly disagree with your editorial in the Badger Herald. I several reasons:
1) Most persons who harbor intent to do violence will strongly hesitate to do their violence if they are fully aware that the person(s) they mean to attack is similarly armed. IF only because most of these criminals are weak minded fools whose courage is found in the gun THEY hold. Confronted by another person carrying a gun and that criminal coward will flee if not give himself up.
2) Concealed Carry Permits (CCPs) are issued to people only after that person goes through a background check, and has gone through some sort of training from the Police or Sheriff in their area. What does that mean? It means that the State Authorities KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS! They also know about the weapons that person has. They also know that this person has no criminal history or any record of anything illegal!!! ANYONE with more than 6 brain cells to rub together is going to tell an Officer, should he or she be pulled over, that they have a Concealed Carry Permit and that the weapon is with them. You see, the people who WANT a CCP are LAWABIDING Citizens, which is a world of difference from what you are making them out to be.
3) CCPs will reduce the number of people who illegally carry weapons. Why? The honest ones will get the permit!!!!!! They have every reason in the world to! What does that do? It separates the honest good people from the criminals who would use these weapons in acts of Violence against others. Opposed to those who carry legally to protect themselves and their Property from the Criminals!!! They become an asset to the Legal Authorities because of it!!!
4) I have to say this. Guns dont kill people. Billy clubs dont. People kill People. If someone truly wants to kill someone, the lack of a CCP, or a gun isnt going to stop him or her. However, if the person they intend to hurt can fight beck in like fashion, he or she just might save their own lives with out having to wait however long it takes to get help.
Mr. Lichtenheld, I have to ask a personal question. You look like a big strong man. Have you ever been attacked? At one point in my life I was a single woman, working in sales that required me to drive and fly allover the Pacific Northwest. I put 40K miles on my truck in less than a year. I was alone nearly all of that time, in rural areas, truck stops (nothing else out there you see), and all sorts of places where I was essentially on my own. 56 and 120 lbs, I was at the mercy of anyone wanting to do violence. A CCP and a good weapon could literally be the line dividing living or dying, and I knew it.
Please reconsider your position. These permits simply make for an identifiable population that is not only clean, but with out intent to do any harm. Please tell me why it would be inadvisable to somehow separate the good people from the evil ones intending harm?
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Danae
St Helens, Oregon
32 posted on
10/19/2005 12:07:49 PM PDT by
Danae
( Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha)
To: Danae
That was a well written letter. If he replies back, may I see the response?
60 posted on
10/19/2005 1:31:15 PM PDT by
Redcitizen
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To: Danae
Concise & to the point. I sent an equally worded letter along with my contact info.Why do I get the feeling he isn't man enough to respond?
100 posted on
10/20/2005 7:47:06 AM PDT by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: Danae; All
101 posted on
10/20/2005 9:07:48 AM PDT by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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