To the editor:
In response to the letter offered by Ms. Propes in the April 12 edition of The Northeast Georgian, I would like to agree that as a society we need to expend more resources on addressing the needs of those with mental health issues. That is the extent of my agreement with the items addressed in her letter.
Ms. Propes referenced her father as a hunter who owned a Glock and a shotgun. I, too, come from a family of hunters. My grandfather, my father and my brother were hunters. On the first Monday in December, you could find them deer hunting. They used a shotgun for birds and a rifle to hunt deer. My husband and son-in-law owned Glocks.
OK, I do have several questions for Ms. Propes. What gun did your husband use to shoot pheasants in Nebraska? Was it a shot gun or an assault rifle? I dare say that if it were an assault rifle, there would not have been pheasant for dinner. The pheasants would have been obliterated.
I am not a “woke liberal” but I am tired of having our babies taken out by assault rifles. I can’t imagine what these assault rifles do to the bodies of our babies. I don’t want to see it – Ms, Propes do you? I don’t think so. I hear ER doctors talk about how these high-powered bullets liquefy organs. It is beyond comprehension.
No responsible gun owner I know opposes background checks and red flag laws. The Second Amendment was written at a time when property owners needed to defend their land with a musket. I can’t imagine the Founding Fathers defending their property with an assault rifle. Please, let us consider responsible gun law legislation. This legislation protects all of us.
Elaine Wiegert
Alto