Letter to Editor Newtown Connecticut
The following link takes you to a short letter-to-the-editor of a Newtown, CT newspaper. It is wonderfully encouraging to read this man's opinion and note that his entirely accurate thoughts were...apparently...actually printed.
http://newtownbee.com/Opinions/Letters_to_the_Editor/2013/01-January/2013-01-10__13-58-39/Elected+Officials+Are+Fundamentally+Dishonest
The following link takes you to a short letter-to-the-editor of a Newtown, CT newspaper. It is wonderfully encouraging to read this man's opinion and note that his entirely accurate thoughts were...apparently...actually printed.
http://newtownbee.com/Opinions/Letters_to_the_Editor/2013/01-January/2013-01-10__13-58-39/Elected+Officials+Are+Fundamentally+Dishonest
Elected Officials Are Fundamentally
Dishonest
To the Editor:
This letter was forwarded to
Barack Obama, John Boehner, Chris Murphy, Dick Blumenthal, Elizabeth Esty, and
Harry Reid
I live in Sandy Hook, CT. My
family and close friends weren't harmed on December 14. That day impacted 26
families with an indescribable, staggering pain and anguish. For most of Sandy
Hook, it merely affected us with an inescapable intensity of sadness and grief.
Gun control has long been a focus
of many in this country. Though I'm not knowledgeable of all the nuances of the
Second Amendment, based on the Founding Fathers' circumstances, it had far more
to do with enabling the citizenry to protect themselves against tyrannical
government than against local psychopaths. It is about providing a balanced
firepower so when King George's successor came knocking on your door, you could
fight back. Government today is no less inclined to abuse its authority than it
was then. Based on the absurd and ongoing power grab that is present day
Washington, it's as threatening as ever.
That so many of you view the NRA
with its resistance to further restrictions on firearms as intransigent
lunatics has far more to do with how you conduct yourselves in office than it
does with the NRA's actions.
You in public office are
fundamentally dishonest people. You lead lives of deception at every turn,
structuring your lives as comfortably as you can while governing with an
indifference and arrogance that is absolutely maddening. When the country is
reeling from financial disaster, you waste a trillion dollars on a health care
bill we can't afford and you've never read. You claim it's critical because
health care costs are killing this country... no they're not, you are!
You
are killing this country. You endorse the ongoing slaughter of millions of
unborn children and whine when terrorists are water boarded. You can't lecture
us right in Newtown High School about not doing enough to keep our children
safe, while simultaneously slaughtering the unborn. You fabricate the intense,
media laden drama of the fiscal cliff and lack the courage to do anything about
truly reforming the obscene gluttony of government. You know you'll be out of
office before the bill comes due… you don't care and have no integrity nor
honor.
You lie whenever and wherever you
need to move forth your agenda. Were you able, you would purge the US of guns…
every last gun in the country, if you could. So please forgive Wayne LaPierre
and those of us who don't trust you as far as we can spit. You're a dishonest
lot, motivated by a distorted worldview. If mass murder prevention were truly
your goal, you would welcome armed security wherever needed. It is outrageous
that we protect our money with far more firepower than we protect our children.
I have never owned a gun, nor
wanted to as intensely as right now. You'll stop restricting guns when only you
have them.
Brendan Duffy
4 Chestnut Knoll Drive, Sandy
Hook January 8, 2013
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