Posted by Nugget on February 12, 1999 at 18:30:58:
Sure could use some input on it. So I'll know better next time I tackle something like this. Dear Editor:
> I was recently in a chat room on the internet. The main topic it
> seems is the Brooklyn
> court case that found U.S. gun manufacturers liable for shootings. A
> person came on,
> and said he was getting tired of hearing everybody complain, that we
> were doing
> nothing to preserve our Second Amendment right, and that we were just
> preaching to the choir.
> It made me realize, that I myself have not done a thing to preserve
> the right that gives me pleasure. My right to keep and bear arms, to
> hunt in a sportsman-like manner, and even to shoot at soda cans is
> being attacked. There are people who would like to take these things
> from me. I've decided I must take an active role in trying to defend
> what my forefathers have written into the Constitution. If I sit back
> and do nothing , I may be shocked to find that someday, I will have to
> turn in my guns. Trying to get my rights back will be harder than
> trying to keep them. I don't like having to defend something in the
> Constitution, but I do think it is time to actively do so. We've had
> too many soldiers wounded or die fighting for the greatest country in
> the world and it's Constitution. It would be a shame to let them
> down, by letting anyone rip that Constitution to shreds.
> In Australia, for instance, they have had to hand in their semi
> automatic weapons, or have them made inoperable. In our own country,
> semi automatic weapons have been banned in New Jersey, and in
> Pennsylvania it is illegal to hunt on Sundays. This year we have seen
> major changes in the laws governing over the counter purchases. How
> would we in rural America react to being told we couldn't hunt on
> Sundays, and that we couldn't own a semi auto rifle? We can sit back
> and say it will never happen, but what if it did? Are we doing
> anything to keep it from happening?
> I believe its time, that as a sportsman and gun owner, I must
> become active in the fight to keep my rights. I sincerely hope that
> others out there will do the same. If this letter gets just one
> person to stand up and be active in saving the Second Amendment, or
> any laws written in our Constitution, then I will have done something
> good here and we will have two more citizens speaking on behalf of all
> sportsman everywhere.
> The anti-gun crowd believes so much in their ideas, that they
> actively work at getting laws passed. They as Americans have a right
> to their opinion, and to speak that opinion. The anti-gun crowd is
> gaining momentum in changing the Second Amendment, because we
> sportsman are
> not voicing our opinions to the right people. We tend to complain
> about how government works, but do little to change it. We need to
> let lawmakers know how WE feel.
>
>
> John Conner
>
> Imperial, Nebraska