Letters to The Gleaner: Gun ownership irrelevant to stand-off(Editorial)

Josey1

Letters to The Gleaner: Gun ownership irrelevant to stand-offEditor: "Union County man ends stand-off with police." "Cache of weapons found." "No threats made." This was the headline and of an article by Gleaner reporter Beth Smith in the January 10, 2002 paper. Why was the line "cache of weapons" used? Was the line even relevant to the story? The story was about a man who had had an argument with his daughter. What father hasn't? A so-called "friend" called the police because he considered him "possibly" suicidal. What constitutes a "cache of weapons"? Three shotguns, two rifles and one handgun (she insinuated there were others but did not mention if there truly were more) as he had does not by any stretch of the imagination constitute a "cache." When the headline first caught my eye I figured this guy must have thousands of rounds of ammunition and say 50 to 100 or more guns. He had six guns. A real threat to society? Why did his ownership of guns even have to be mentioned? It seems to me (and others I've talked to) the press and media have to dwell on the fact a gun or two are in a house at anytime police enter even though the warrant is for something entirely unrelated. The gun control advocates never miss a chance to demonize guns, do they? The fact this man owned guns should not have even been reported. Even police say, "he used none nor did he threaten to use one." I, as do other gun owners I have talked to, look upon this demonizing of gun ownership as unnecessary and just an attempt to further bolster the attempts of those who wish to circumvent the second amendment rights of American citizens to own guns. After all this Union County man's ownership of the guns is legal and as long as he does not use them or they have not been used the commission of a crime, he, as do you and I, has every right to own and keep them in his house. Incidentally, I believe a person has every right to commit suicide if they so desire. Isn't this an expression of one's freedoms just the same as burning the flag? This man has just had two of his freedoms trampled on. I did not know attempting suicide was a crime. Is it? Someone enlighten me! A. J. Vogel Henderson http://www.myinky.com/ecp/letters_to_the_editors/article/0,1626,ECP_769_937929,00.html

7mm_ultra_mag_is_king

I would sure like to hear the editors reply to that.

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jet

The guy down the street was arrested for abuse, and he had over 250 gallons of propane in his yard.It was not registerd.he did not have a permit.

mudge

Webster defines CACHE as...."A place for storage or hiding."She is merely trying to insinuate that this guy had a bunch of guns and using the wrong word to do it. Maybe "arsenal" or even "sh-tload" would be more appropriate. She's the same type of "journalist" that describes any military looking firearm as an "assault weapon". They don't know their subject so they try to use the anti-gun "buzz" words to "baffle us with bullsh-t".Mudge the cunning linguist

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I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!

concealedG36

Mudge, you stole that line from Tom Likus didn't you? (Talk radio host) If not, he always says he is a cunning linguist and a master debator. Anyway....I believe that committing suicide IS illegal, at least in Michigan. Seems odd to have such a law. But, as a person who has experienced suicide inside his own family, I can tell you the real victims are the ones left behind. G36p.s. If 6 guns is a "cache", then I think most of the people on this board possess an ARSENAL!

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Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals

Bullzeye

G36, it's spelled Leykis, and he isnt a master of anything.Follow his advice on women and you'll end up with nothing but emotionally damaged gutter trash.