Joel Smith stands on the corner of the county courthouse in Victoria, Texas, protesting President Obama and his efforts at gun control Wednesday.
Associated Press
An unfortunate fact of life is that there are violent burglars, rapists, gang members and mentally disturbed people who will harm American adults and children without notice. Our hard-working and wonderful police departments can only do so much to protect us.
We are also vulnerable to radical terrorists coming to this country who can kill in so many different ways. Yet, we have a president that wants to control gun ownership on law-abiding citizens. And he wants to decimate our military by slashing its budget.
How are we going to defend ourselves from evil that exists in this world? With BB guns or sweet talk?
It appears that there is no regard for our Second Amendment or the proper role of our federal government as defined by our Constitution.
Kim Skinner
Mapleton
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Kim, I don't understand your letter at all. Where on earth are you getting the idea that the president wants to reduce military spending to the point of only using "sweet talk" against terrorists? And what proposal has the president More..
I spent 2 years in one of the world's most violent cities as a LDS missionary.
We heard gun shots ringing out almost ever night.
My companions and I during that time stopped 4 rapes, 2 burglaries, and witnessed 2 beatings More..
Oh please... even after anything Obama proposes this nation will have a defense budget more than 4x that of 2nd place China and still have the highest gun per person ratio in the world. You people are paranoid...