COUNTERPOINT
Sanders' views regarding Gun issue are misplaced
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by Sally
O'Leary Regarding the USAfrica The Newspaper Insight column 'No More Handguns!' by Dr. Rufus G.W. Sanders in USAfrica The Newspaper of June 16, 1999 and USAfricaonline.com, I believe that if Dr. Sanders really cared about the gun problem, he would be bold and daring to encourage his Democratic Party friends in the large cities to enforce the laws in the books. It seems nothing is done to criminals who illegally use guns until they kill someone, or many (may be one isn't enough to make the local news). I was once on a Grand jury duty and noticed that it was
hard to find the murders in the newspaper if they were done
in poor neighborhoods. Not surprising, not news not friends
of the reporters. |
I think the problem is trial lawyers and people like
Sanders who want to take guns away from the non-criminal and
just let the dangerous criminals have free rein. They are
not going to give their guns up or their knives or their
automobiles or whatever. I think it is sad that the wealthy
liberal people who can afford to live in safe neighborhoods
are the ones pushing for gun bans. They can always hire an
armed guard. I know many people who own guns and I am not
afraid of any of them-they are not the ones committing
crimes. But they are the ones Mrs. Sanders seems to be
scared of. I disagree with Dr. Sanders because we will see
more violence in this country when no one is ever blamed for
bad behavior (or put in jail for a long time) for violent
crime). See Dr. Sanders' views on guns. |
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