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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 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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