My letter to the Austin-American Statesman

[CWOOD]

Following my own advice, I submitted the following as a 'Letter to the Editor'. I doubt it will be printed, but I gave it a try.

The first day had not even passed following the Virgina Tech tragedies before the gun control crowd had stepped in with their tired old arguements. Their logic seems to be that if something does not work, try more of it.

Their gun control schemes have only served to create defensless victim zones which ensure that only the criminals will have firearms there. By definition, law abiding citizens will continue to obey the laws, however misguided, and the criminals will continue to violate them.

Think about where these mass killings have occured: universities, schools, day care centers, post offices (going postal?), and commercial aircraft. The criminals know of these places and select them because they know that no one will be there to stop their heinous deeds.

If you think that availability of firearms is the problem, try to recall any mass murders at shooting ranges. You can't. If you think gun control is the solution, then Washington, D. C. must be a violence free zone. It isn't.

Tragedies will happen. Pehaps, if licensed, law abiding citizens were permitted the means to defend themselves (and others), the death toll at these horrible events would be less.

If I had known, I could have added Johnson Space Center to the list. Let's pray someone hears our message and is convinced enought to make the changes.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Good letter, thanks for sending it.
Chas.

[Lumberjack98]

Well put.

Let us know if it makes it into the paper.

[longtooth]

You did not think you could write a good letter to the editor.
This one meets EVERY criteria for a good letter.
1. Short.
2. Deals w/ only one specific subject. VT tragedy. (You did well not including coments on the space center)
3. What is wrong w/ gun control.
4. How it could be fixed. Citizen carry.

You did very well. If it is not published it will not be because of poor quality but because of editorial bias. This is a good write.
LT

[Venus Pax]

Thank you for sending it. Excellent letter.

[longtooth]

Thank you for sending it. Excellent letter.

If VP says it is good you know it has to be. She is a School teacher.