Steve Culley’s letter to the editor about gun laws in the Jan. 17 edition of the Baker City Herald confirms what I’ve always thought about Steve.
Over the years Steve’s letters to the editor have impressed me as some of the most articulate I’ve ever read.
He has his own opinion about a subject and backs it up with research.
But he highlights the research that supports his opinion about the Second Amendment; like an attorney in a trial, he only presents evidence that benefits his/her client.
Steve writes nothing about the number of school shooting deaths of our most vulnerable citizens. Education Week reports for 2022:
• 51 school shootings with injuries or deaths.
• 140 people killed or injured in school shootings.
• 39 people killed.
• 32 students or other children killed.
• 7 school employees or other adults killed.
Another statistic: The United States has 22 times the rate of gun homicides compared with countries in the European Union.
Like many, I concluded years ago that this country has a huge problem with firearms.
So, Steve, what’s the solution?
It seems to me that, as a veteran who risked being killed in Vietnam, your right to have whatever arms and magazine capacities you wish, just perpetuates mass killings growing unimpeded like a runaway cancer in our society.
I’ll end on a personal note. I served eight years in the National Guard, but not one day in combat. Lucky me.
If Steve or anyone else wants to give me feedback, feel free to contact me by phone (541-523-6760) or via email (tubingen@eoni.com).
Gary Dielman
Baker City
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Liberal logic: Wanting the right to kill babies with abortions and let illegals flood our borders and kill our kids with fentanyl and all kinds of drugs...while trying to ban guns because of school shootings that don't kill even a small fraction of the kids killed by abortions and drugs. CRAZY
Once again Gary, you highlight the research that supports your opinion on the Second Amendment. How come you didn't mention the fact that drug overdoses kill way more adolescents than school shootings? To the tune of 1,146 deaths in 2021. Is it because of your flawed liberal thinking that supports Democrats and Biden letting illegals flood our southern border bringing tons of fentanyl and other drugs into our country to kill our kids?
You have always voiced your radical leftist opinion that gives normal people the knowledge to conclude you are not playing with a full deck. And why waste your time putting your contact information in your post? Who in their right mind would want to correspond with you and your lost liberal rhetoric? You need help, Gary.
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Liberal logic: Wanting the right to kill babies with abortions and let illegals flood our borders and kill our kids with fentanyl and all kinds of drugs...while trying to ban guns because of school shootings that don't kill even a small fraction of the kids killed by abortions and drugs. CRAZY
Once again Gary, you highlight the research that supports your opinion on the Second Amendment. How come you didn't mention the fact that drug overdoses kill way more adolescents than school shootings? To the tune of 1,146 deaths in 2021. Is it because of your flawed liberal thinking that supports Democrats and Biden letting illegals flood our southern border bringing tons of fentanyl and other drugs into our country to kill our kids?
You have always voiced your radical leftist opinion that gives normal people the knowledge to conclude you are not playing with a full deck. And why waste your time putting your contact information in your post? Who in their right mind would want to correspond with you and your lost liberal rhetoric? You need help, Gary.
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