Opinion : Letter to the Editor: Another shooting, and the cure?

Dear Editor:

Another shooting – more children massacred.  Liberals blame the gun, but it is the shooter who should be blamed.  The Tennessee shooter was mentally ill and evil; and as we have learned mixed up on his/her gender.  Good Grief!  President Biden has demanded a ban on Assault Weapons, but no one has been able to come up with a definition as to what they are.  The ban during the Clinton Administration did nothing to arrest the murder rate – a failure; so too would be another ban.  One suggestion was that any gun crime would be a federal offense with lengthy imprisonment.  I don’t think this would be the correct step.  Mental health is something to look at in a serious manner.  I do not know nor have I seen a solution to the violence that has occurred in our country for a very long time perhaps more so in the last 5-10 years.

The cure is – Secure the Perimeter.  If nothing else bolt locks from the inside on all doors.

AR-15 semi-auto rifles are weapons of war – no infantry soldier would go to war with one.  It is not a battle rifle.  I do own a .223 semi-auto rifle – it is an AM-15 built by Anderson Manufacturing located in Kentucky.  I am not a danger to myself or others – but if I read the President correctly, he wants confiscation.  I generally shoot for recreation; my hunting and trap shooting days are over.  So of the hundreds/ thousands of semi-auto rifle owners are to give them up to a government and a President that doesn’t know or understand the real problem?  If this government were serious about our violence problem – one thing to do would be to shut down the border.  No drugs, no fentanyl, no sex trafficking, no more undocumented criminals or gang members.  That would prove Pres. Biden is serious.  

Well that’s my piece and I’m sticking to it – I am sure the naysayer critics will undoubtedly have the answer.  Stay tuned – your mileage may vary.

Regards,

John Stiegelmeyer