My letter to the editor made it into two newspapers!

[teratos]

Great letter. Can I get you to autograph my copy of The Sun?

 

[MikeTF]

Outstanding and well written!

Had a Sandy Hook incident happened here in MD and you were there and permitted to conceal carry, you probably would have stopped that crazed lunatic from killing so many innocent children, at no additional cost to the taxpayers.

 

[vin]

Well done! Short, to the point, and will hopefully raise some questions for those on the fence who have been bombarded by the antis lately.

 

[Tankfixr]

 

[alucard0822]

That was probably the best 2A letter I have ever seen in a newspaper, congrats

 

[Johnthetoolguy]

It is surprising that the Sun actually posted it. It is in fact, a good letter.

 

[Bikebreath]

Wow! If you only knew how many drafts I make on a letter that ends up half as coherent as yours. You sir, are gift to our side. Please continue.

 

[cbrenner]

Very well written. I applaud you sir

 

[mtb]

Good work and welll written. Did anyone notice that "elcid" guy and "gsnorris" posting random anti crap in the comments?

Ken

 

[daNattyFatty]

Good work and welll written. Did anyone notice that "elcid" guy and "gsnorris" posting random anti crap in the comments?

Ken

They're both regulars on the patch sites and post the same drivel.

 

[Ripfubar]

Very good job. Congrats on being published.

 

[BUFF7MM]

I'll be watching for it in the Cumberland paper.

 

[tball]

Great job! One thing I would like to be able to determine is the 3 "murders" committed with a rifle were murders or a homeowner defending themselves. It was either this year or last year that someone was killed with a rifle by a homeowner in PG county. It was considered self defense, but I believe there was reference to how that death by rifle would be counted as a murder by rifle in the crime statistics. It would be interesting if there were a way to further decompose the FBI statistics to determine how many of the deaths by rifle and pistol were ruled self defense.

Great job on the article!

 

[J-Dog]

glad it got in.

This quote combined with the pic in your sig had me laughing.


Great letter OP!

 

[X-Factor]

SOLID piece. Shared on Facebook.

 

[daNattyFatty]

Great job! One thing I would like to be able to determine is the 3 "murders" committed with a rifle were murders or a homeowner defending themselves. It was either this year or last year that someone was killed with a rifle by a homeowner in PG county. It was considered self defense, but I believe there was reference to how that death by rifle would be counted as a murder by rifle in the crime statistics. It would be interesting if there were a way to further decompose the FBI statistics to determine how many of the deaths by rifle and pistol were ruled self defense.

Great job on the article!

I'm trying to find those numbers as well. Here's what I have so far for 2011

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc....-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-15

Unfortunately, that's nationwide. The digging continues....

Edit: Keep in mind though, that the numbers in the link above are for justifiable homicide. The other numbers floating around are relating to murder. Since there is a difference between homicide and murder, I'm willing to bet that the numbers from the link I posted above aren't included in the number of murders committed with rifles.

 

[tennisdr]

I agree, can't belive they actually published this. Must have gone under the radar of the editor. Hopefully we have a secret friend at the sun!

 

[Phatcat]

Great words, I wish the people would listen to them.

 

[lx1x]

great job J!

 

[HKB]

I think everyone here should leave a commet on the sun paper page.