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Response to gun letter

EDITOR:

This letter is in response to a letter written by Mr. Green in the June 9 Daily Press.

In his letter he mentions numbers about the gun deaths and injured that are accurate, but what he does not mention is how many of these are from law abiding citizens that are carrying guns with a CCW permit which I have been doing for around 15 years.

Here is where he is mistaken. To get a gun permit in Michigan you cannot have ever been treated for mental illness, have ever had a felony or even have had too many tickets. Everything is taken into consideration and an FBI background check is done on all who apply. Again, this is for concealed but if you want to open carry, the 2nd Amendment guarantees that right.

If you are against guns, that is your right but who do you call when your life is threatened — a cop who has a gun. The big problem with this though is that they pretty much always arrive after the crime has been committed. If the bad guy has guns, we should too!

The person behind the gun is always to be sure of his target. Also, blaming a gun for injury or death is like blaming a fork for obesity.

Our forefathers foresaw too much government and the control that they would propose and that is why they have written these amendments. This country was founded as a “Republic” (Pledge of Allegiance) and now has Socialism and is going more toward Communism every day. We need to stand by our rights period.

Derrick Eliason

Bark River

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