The wrong answer on gun control
By John L. Cahoon
Andy Schmookler’s recent article on gun control is flat out wrong (“Draw the line on weapons of war,” Feb. 21). I am not sure which history he has been reading, but events over the last 400 years do not support his conclusions. His position would be amusing if it were not for the dangerously unworkable solutions to end mass murders that he, President Obama and other liberals propose.
The Second Amendment has absolutely nothing to do with hunting and target-shooting and everything to do with the right and duty of individual citizens to be armed so they may defend themselves, their community and their country. This right to bear arms was demanded from the newly formed central government in 1791 by “We the People” because we had just previously rebelled against a tyrannical government that, among other things, had tried to disarm us.
Cahoon, of Boones Mill, is a registered professional engineer and a former Cold War U.S. Army aviator.
March 1, 2013 - 4:03 PM
Well put sir.
Bowing to a superior force or a better idea is one thing, this is quite another. Heaven forfend.
#2 Wondering what you mean in general….wondering to what degree and quality you differentiate between “a superior force” & “a better idea”, in particular.
Looked up “forfend” (had to). Playing Scrabble tonight, thanks.
“Guns are everywhere worldwide and cannot be controlled.”
Funny how rightists like Cahoon labeled us more progressive folks as “defeatists” back when we scoffed at their claims that Islamic nations could be forcibly transformed into U.S.-style democracies, but when it comes to such things as universal health care and gun control, it’s Cahoon and his fellow rightists who become the cynics that say nothing can be done.
Sorry Mr. Cahoon, but if you won’t be part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.