Letter | Cartoon ignored meaning of Second Amendment – Santa Cruz Sentinel

The Tuesday cartoon on the Opinion page was meant to be a satire on the Second Amendments well regulated militia but only served to keep the uninformed ignorant. More anti-gun laws dont accomplish a thing. This fact shown by cities that have the most stringent laws, yet have the highest homicide rates. More laws such as magazine capacity, caliber size,type of weapon, etc., only serve to legislatively turn law-abiding citizens into felons. Gun laws, as they currently stand, if administered and not pled down to lesser charges, would be sufficiently effective. Our founding fathers knew what they were doing when they wrote our Second Amendment. It is the ultimate defense against governmental tyranny. Perhaps a government that fears the people needs to be regulated themselves. It appears that many of our representatives have forgotten who is supposed to serve who.

Chet Burum, Bonny Doon

The Sentinel welcomes your letters to the editor. Letters should be short, no more than 150 words. We do not accept anonymous letters. Letter-writers should include their full name as well as a street address and telephone number. We dont publish those details in the newspaper, but need the information for verification purposes. Occasionally, we reject letters simply because weve had so many on the same subject. Submit your letters online atwww.santacruzsentinel.com/submit-letters.

See the original post:
Letter | Cartoon ignored meaning of Second Amendment - Santa Cruz Sentinel