The Rockaway Times
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018
Page 11
Gun Owner Says
Response and Responsibility Dear Editor: My thanks to Dylan Watton for replying to Rick Horan’s anti-gun control letter. I tried to reply myself using the same reasoning, but I could not express my thoughts without resorting to profanities, which would prevent you from publishing them. I want to add one thing about who is responsible for the current mess. It is incredible to me that our elected representatives in Congress can be so devoid of morals, so spineless, so self-serving, and so generally reprehensible that they not only accept, but justify the status quo. The only people more reprehensible than they, are the voters who continue to put them in office. Richard Epro Word Clash Dear Editor: I love Facts You Probably Don't Need. But.....More revolutionary war battles fought in New Jersey? Does that include skirmishes over Turnpike tolls? I get 24 in the COLONY (not yet a state) of New Jersey, 28 in our beloved New York, but 31 in South Carolina. Kevin Dowd (Sean Factologist McVeigh responds: Throughout the Revolutionary War, there were many clashes between the Americans and British within the colony of New Jersey. In total, there were 296 engagements that occurred within New Jersey, more clashes than occurred in any other colony in the Revolutionary War. Granted, maybe “battles” was the wrong word, Mr. Dowd.)
Dear Editor: I debated on sending in this letter but I had to go with my true feelings. I was a gun owner for many years of my life and yes, I did target shooting and different types of big and small game hunting. As time went along, I lost interest in both sports. I'm sending my message to gun owners, no one is saying take all your guns away and no one is saying take away the 2nd Amendment. If you believe that, then your leadership in the NRA and GOP have done what they set out to do and that is to brainwash you. What I'm saying is ban AR-15 type weapons, adopt gun laws that will help save lives, stronger background checks, no weapons sold without background checks and take the NRA out of Government. Danny Ruscillo Slow Down Dear Editor: If we don’t use nukes because we know it is bad why do we use robots knowing it is bad? Just to justify advancement. Everything needs to be regulated otherwise there are no rules and or no restraints. Why do we need drones to deliver pizza, can’t you wait a couple of minutes? Why risk allowing drones to become a problem when we can keep someone working and be safer? Our need of indulgence is going to either put ourselves out of work or kill us. Jake Pisano Students Teach Dear Editor: I admire and congratulate the students of the Far Rockaway High School campus for advocating in favor of gun control. But how sad it is to see that the adults in their lives have been unable or unwilling to demand protection for their children through government policies restricting the use of guns. Owning a gun is a “liberty” perhaps, but like not using seat belts or smoking in public, such a “liberty “ should be curtailed in favor of the common good. We adults should learn from these students. Kitty Chen Dean
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