Pistol Quips
(Feb. 11, 2010) Editor:
Regarding the letter from Emily Hobelmann (“Mailbox,” Feb. 4): I’m always amused when someone thinks that violence will cease when guns are outlawed, as if guns were the problem.
Saying guns kill people is the same as saying pencils misspell words.
Bill Connors, Eureka
Editor:
Emily Hobelmann was understandably upset about her friend Courtney Weaver being shot in the face close range by her boyfriend. Who wouldn’t be? And it is natural to want to point the finger of blame toward handguns, as that is the weapon that was used against Ms. Weaver.
Hobelmann goes on to say that there is no valid reason for citizens to own or use handguns or even hunting rifles. She lives in Hawaii. I suspect she was born after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Following that attack, I am certain the islanders did not protect their island by throwing pineapples at the Japanese Navy.
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