Pro-CCW / RKBA letter published in today's USA Today newspaper

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JimR

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In a series of three letters on the Massachussets workplace mass murders, USA Today published this letter on the A-section editorial page:

What if others had guns?

What if just one law-abiding, hard-working employee of Edgewater Technology had been carrying a legal concealed weapon? What if that person stopped Michael McDermott from slaying seven people?

For one, the grossly anti-gun national media would not have cared much since there would be only one small story to write, not weeks of attention to the evil of guns.

Yet, nearly everyone else in the world would have preferred that outcome, none more than those grieving for the lost lives of family and friends.

That scenario was quite unlikely, as the residents of Massachusetts are sheep at the mercy of the wolves. Concealed-weapons permits exist in Massachusetts, but a resident must convince the authorities of his or her ''need.'' Transporting large sums of cash or jewelry may qualify you, but protecting your life from a Michael McDermott isn't good enough.

I am thankful to reside in a state recognizing the unambiguous and inalienable right to protect self and family.

I am a most unassuming, polite, law-abiding fellow, and I carry a weapon because ''stuff happens.''

I am not a cop, and I don't try to be. But among the sheep and the wolves, I consider myself a sheepdog.

Jim Bushmire

Scottsdale, Ariz.
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If anyone knows Jim, give him a high-five from me.

Nice letter for USA Today to publish! I'm impressed.
 
Is it because Bush was elected?

Do the media play ball with the administration that happens to be in power? Get this from the latest Newsweek:

"...the shootings may have actually exposed the limits of the law. Massachusetts, after all, is the toughest gun state in the nation...And yet none of that stopped McDermott...Tougher national standards might have made a difference. But even anti-gun activists agree that when a guy makes up his mind to kill for no good reason, there's not much any law can do about it."

This is a new tune for Newsweek.
 
That brightened my day.

I think those letters do make a difference. When an intelligent and articulate person makes a statement like that, fencesitters may be swayed. Maybe not by that letter alone, but a series of encounters with rational, logical gun owners can make a difference.
 
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