Well, Judy wrote back and I feel that my time was wasted.
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I posted the following EMail Exhange BEFORE I READ the most recents posts to this thread. Some of you may applaud my change in attitude, but I don't think Rich will give me any awards
And, What's wrong with being "Cute & Married" ??
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Here is round TWO:
Letter to ME:
Jumeaujs1@aol.com wrote:
>
> I appreciate your response to my comments BUT, let me assure you that Rosie
> O'Donnell had nor has NOTHING to do with my feelings regarding rapid fire
> automatic weapons. I have felt very strongly about this for several years now.
> I'm sure that, as you said, a competition shooter may be able to fire several
> successive shots with a Single Action Revolver but how many of those are out
> there on our streets selling drugs and doing driveby's???
> I thoroughly disagree with your comment that "it's hard to get an automatic
> weapon in this country". You know as well (or you should know better than I
> do) that they are everywhere on our streets. If a criminal wants one badly
> enough - they can always find someone to sell them one.
> According to your philosophy - it should have been impossible for those two
> boys who killed students at Columbine High School to get those weapons due to
> their ages - BUT THEY MANAGED TO GET THEM, just as any other criminal, drug
> dealer, gang member, etc. is able to do.
> You may be correct that the average person cannot "just walk into a shop and
> buy one" but the "average person" is NOT who I am concerned about. It's all
> of the others who do manage to get them that concerns me.
> I keep well informed (AND I DON'T MEAN BY WATCHING POLICE STORY or TV movies)
> about what is happening on our streets. You can't tell me that every police
> dept. in the nation is not concerned about being "out-gunned" by street thugs!!!
> I would like to add here, that the fact you are a police officer makes me even more appalled at your attitude about gun control.
> My husband's hunting rifle is kept locked away and he does not use "vest
> penetrating" bullets. You know that THESE are often what kill our officers -
> these, AND automatic weapons, against which our average police officer has no
> defense.
> I think YOU are the one who needs to be better educated if you truly believe
> all of this "crap". And, I'm sorry, but that's exactly what it is.
> I firmly belive that ALL RAPID FIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, NOT JUST THE TECH 9,
> SHOULD BE BANNED IN THE U.S. They should be banned from sale, manufacture
> and importation.
> The NRA is so afraid of legislation regarding gun control that they refuse
> even to address even the most basic gun safety issues. How many more of our
> children or police officers have to die, before we wake up and make some
> changes in our gun laws.
> I DO NOT oppose gun ownership, but I do oppose those weapons whose sole
> purpose is to KILL. These are not hunting weapons or weapons for home or
> personal protection - these are designed solely for killing human beings.
> When is the last time you went hunting with a Tech 9 or any other type of
> rapid fire assault weapon?? They serve NO purpose in this nation but to KILL
> IT'S CITIZENS.
> Judy
Letter FROM me:
Listen, Darlin', I tried to be nice and I tried to be patient. Unfortunately, you have completely ignored my letter.
Please try to understand that I am a cop. I see the records of what guns are used in crimes in a major city in the Southern US and the surrounding area. Approximately NONE of them are automatic weapons.
I hope you understand the difference between "stupid" and "ignorant".
I don't think you are stupid, but you are very ignorant of the facts. I tried to share a couple with you and encourage you to learn about this issue, but you have ignored me.
We will have to agree to disagree on this. I would, once again, like to encourage you to visit The Firing Line. Your original letter has become quite a topic of conversation there and I have including a link below to that discusssion. I hope you will check it out.
The Firing Line: Response to my Rosie Web Page
Take Care,
Rob
FOLLOW UP BY ME, after I RE-READ her letter:
In fact, darlin', I think you may be a complete fruit-loop. Your ignorance on this topic is demonstrated by your claim that your husband "does not use vest penetrating bullets" is absurd. Any hunting rifle used in North America is capable of penetrating a Police Officer's vest. That is not up for debate. It is a matter of physics. VGo to any website about bullet proof vests and you will see that level IIa & Level II vests (which most officers are wearing) are only designed to stop handgun bullets, and not even all of them!
Rifle bullets are pointy and they move very fast (2-4 times faster than a Pistol round), which allows them to pentrate vest rather like the proverbial hot knife through butter.
If your husband has a bunting rifle, then he has the capability of shooting through a cops vest.
Furthermore, if you want to see a whole bunch of other Cops and justice minded citizens who are in favor of LESS gun control, I would direct you to the Law Enforcement Alliance of America's Website:
Http://www.leaa.org.
-Rob
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