Palmer Events Center
Texas Gun Laws Better Than California's
RECEIVED Sat., Aug. 2, 2008
Dear Editor,
Mark Heinze sees "no logic" in "why more guns in the hands of citizens makes a world with too many guns safer" ("Postmarks,” Aug 1). I assume that if attacked by one of the hundreds of thousands of heavily armed gangbangers in his alleged gun-free Californian paradise – which has a significantly higher rate of violent crime than Texas, according to the FBI – Mr. Heinze will use his amazing logic to defend himself. He should be careful, though, since California somehow still appears to have just a wee bit of gun crime despite its unconstitutionally restrictive gun-control laws.
Using his bulletproof logic, how would Mr. Heinze suggest the weak and elderly and disabled defend themselves against violent attack, especially in rural areas where law enforcement response time is measured in hours? Engage the thugs in a scholarly debate about how the nation's murder capitals always seem to be cities with rigid gun control?
By all means, Mr. Heinze, stay in California where critical thinkers like yourself belong. Texas already has more than enough incompetent morons with California plates clogging our highways.
Mark Heinze sees "no logic" in "why more guns in the hands of citizens makes a world with too many guns safer" ("Postmarks,” Aug 1). I assume that if attacked by one of the hundreds of thousands of heavily armed gangbangers in his alleged gun-free Californian paradise – which has a significantly higher rate of violent crime than Texas, according to the FBI – Mr. Heinze will use his amazing logic to defend himself. He should be careful, though, since California somehow still appears to have just a wee bit of gun crime despite its unconstitutionally restrictive gun-control laws.
Using his bulletproof logic, how would Mr. Heinze suggest the weak and elderly and disabled defend themselves against violent attack, especially in rural areas where law enforcement response time is measured in hours? Engage the thugs in a scholarly debate about how the nation's murder capitals always seem to be cities with rigid gun control?
By all means, Mr. Heinze, stay in California where critical thinkers like yourself belong. Texas already has more than enough incompetent morons with California plates clogging our highways.
Jason Meador