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PITTSBURG —
The politically correct news media was upset because of remarks made by NRA executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, after an incident at a Connecticut school. I won’t use any of my 250 words talking about the incident. Mr. LaPierre is a lobbyist for the NRA and gun manufacturers so it’s not surprising he would be interested in the sale and proliferation of their product. It’s said he gets paid about $1 million for his lobbying services. LaPierre said, “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”, but what if the bad guy is a better shot than the good guy? It’s possible. The good guys aren’t all as good as Roy Rogers and Gene Autry were. Wayne was born in 1948 making him eligible for the Vietnam War, but he stayed in college to prepare for a career lobbying lawmakers and avoided the conflict. In no time he was making the NRA a thorn in the side of local and national politicians. He has the life-blood they can’t live without. Money! As a goodwill gesture, I think the NRA should pay for the police and the gun manufacturers should supply the weapons, but LaPierre says, “I call on Congress, today, to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in the nation.” Sure Wayne, Congress will do that after they fall over the cliff and recover their cents {sense} and our dollars.
Albert Newland
Pittsburg
The politically correct news media was upset because of remarks made by NRA executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, after an incident at a Connecticut school. I won’t use any of my 250 words talking about the incident. Mr. LaPierre is a lobbyist for the NRA and gun manufacturers so it’s not surprising he would be interested in the sale and proliferation of their product. It’s said he gets paid about $1 million for his lobbying services. LaPierre said, “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”, but what if the bad guy is a better shot than the good guy? It’s possible. The good guys aren’t all as good as Roy Rogers and Gene Autry were. Wayne was born in 1948 making him eligible for the Vietnam War, but he stayed in college to prepare for a career lobbying lawmakers and avoided the conflict. In no time he was making the NRA a thorn in the side of local and national politicians. He has the life-blood they can’t live without. Money! As a goodwill gesture, I think the NRA should pay for the police and the gun manufacturers should supply the weapons, but LaPierre says, “I call on Congress, today, to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in the nation.” Sure Wayne, Congress will do that after they fall over the cliff and recover their cents {sense} and our dollars.
Albert Newland
Pittsburg
