NRA editorial misleading on firing pins
A recent New York Times editorial was another example of a liberal news organization trying to bend the facts to suit the anti-gun lobby. The editorial stated that the NRA convention in Nashville “seems the ultimate in hypocrisy” because they would not allow firing pins in weapons in display booths while promoting that “good guys with guns” are needed to guard such a gathering. Firing pins are not allowed in manufacturers’ display weapons to prevent a left-wing liberal (or other type of deranged person) from bringing in ammo, loading a round in a weapon, firing it and then claiming that it was the NRA’s fault for allowing a dangerous situation to exist. This has happened at a convention of this nature before. What the editorial writer neglected to mention was that of the estimated 70,000 convention attendees, most likely 20,000 to 25,000 were legally carrying weapons. I can assure you that the firing pins were intact in these weapons. I believe there were a sufficient number of “good guys with guns” to prevent any massacre that the writer seemed to be referring to.
Tom Neeley
We all need to unplug from 24/7 world
Mankind secretly hates modern digital and cell telephone technologies. We were not designed to have instant information and gratification at our fingertips 24/7. We have too many choices and thus often make no choice at all. Nothing is special any more. Pictures once made with film cameras, developed by a laboratory and held in your hand represented cherished memories; now we’re overloaded with digital images of everything that carry little meaning. The meaningful photos cost us money. Anything that comes with no price is worthless. Remember typing or hand-writing real letters on real paper and mailing them in real envelopes with real stamps? Remember the anticipation and excitement over getting personal “snail mail” from a friend or family member? We’re closer yet not as close. The constant connectivity we have in the 21st century is also robbing us of precious alone time.Where are you, Mayberry, 1962?
Matt Thomas, East Ridge
Lawmakers hypocritical on guns
There is nothing quite like the hypocrisy in Republican political antics. The Tennessee Republican legislators want to stop state parks and various communities from banning firearms. They argue it “creates confusion for permit holders.” I can see that they may have a point — if these permit holders can’t read the posted signs. Best of all is where they clearly do not want guns allowed — the capitol. Hmm, maybe they don’t trust all the permit holders when it comes to their own lives. Since they also want to make the Bible the state book, they should open it to Matthew 7:5: “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see.”
George Duncan, Rossville