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<blockquote data-quote="jkupper" data-source="post: 756603" data-attributes="member: 61637"><p>I just got a scathing letter to the back in response to my letter to the president and governor Cuomo, which I also sent to the paper as a letter to the editor. Enjoy. I know this guy too...</p><p></p><p>Joe Kupper, Arthur Village, writer of letters addressed to President Obama and New York Governor Cuomo and mistakenly sent to the North Platte Telegraph, should feel fortunate that he is insulated from the gang related executions, armed robberies, and indiscriminate shootings in schools, shopping malls, and college campuses. Fortunately, all 117 residents of Nebraska's 355th largest community have been spared the personal grief and tragedy of losing close friends and family to crazy people with firearms.</p><p>To Joe, it's all about himself and his shooting toys:</p><p> </p><p>"Most of these so-called assault rifles are used for varmint hunting and 10 shots may be needed for a running coyote." Yes, most of us are aware that AR 15s are the weapon of choice for New York City and Chicago carriers who pack for the sole purpose of shooting prairie dogs and coyotes on 5th Avenue and Rush Street! Just let me be in some other county when Joe opens up with his high capacity clip of ammunition on a wild dog.Well Joe, you can rest easy - the threat of someone taking your precious gun is mostly imagined, not real. Banning assault weapons as a stop-gap measure won't pass muster since the NRA knows this prohibition is unconstitutional. The powerful, special interest group will simply take it to the Supreme Court where Judge Scalia recently declared that even a hand held rocket launcher is protected under the 2nd Amendment - a sure fire bulls-eye for the lobbyists.</p><p>The bottom line is that the 2nd Amendment is vague, lacks specificity, and needs to be rewritten and amended to conform to today's needs - and it ain't gonna happen. Passed in 1791 when the militia were capable of firing primitive muskets at the startling rate of three rounds per minute, this Amendment just doesn't cover the use of today's sophisticated, lethal weapons in the hands of the wrong people.</p><p>Unfortunately, Congress is intoxicated with the elixir of NRA money and does not have the courage, desire, nor decency to change this out-dated right. And so we wait for the next tragedy, the next carnage. And we don't mind being like Joe as we continue the perpetual, tiresome task of doing nothing.</p><p></p><p>What a $^&&#$%^^Q# $^^$%% *$%* $!#@%$!!!!!!!</p><p></p><p>Sorry for that!</p><p></p><p>He's going to get a very nice letter back in the snail mail regarding his inaccuracies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkupper, post: 756603, member: 61637"] I just got a scathing letter to the back in response to my letter to the president and governor Cuomo, which I also sent to the paper as a letter to the editor. Enjoy. I know this guy too... Joe Kupper, Arthur Village, writer of letters addressed to President Obama and New York Governor Cuomo and mistakenly sent to the North Platte Telegraph, should feel fortunate that he is insulated from the gang related executions, armed robberies, and indiscriminate shootings in schools, shopping malls, and college campuses. Fortunately, all 117 residents of Nebraska's 355th largest community have been spared the personal grief and tragedy of losing close friends and family to crazy people with firearms. To Joe, it's all about himself and his shooting toys: "Most of these so-called assault rifles are used for varmint hunting and 10 shots may be needed for a running coyote." Yes, most of us are aware that AR 15s are the weapon of choice for New York City and Chicago carriers who pack for the sole purpose of shooting prairie dogs and coyotes on 5th Avenue and Rush Street! Just let me be in some other county when Joe opens up with his high capacity clip of ammunition on a wild dog.Well Joe, you can rest easy - the threat of someone taking your precious gun is mostly imagined, not real. Banning assault weapons as a stop-gap measure won't pass muster since the NRA knows this prohibition is unconstitutional. The powerful, special interest group will simply take it to the Supreme Court where Judge Scalia recently declared that even a hand held rocket launcher is protected under the 2nd Amendment - a sure fire bulls-eye for the lobbyists. The bottom line is that the 2nd Amendment is vague, lacks specificity, and needs to be rewritten and amended to conform to today's needs - and it ain't gonna happen. Passed in 1791 when the militia were capable of firing primitive muskets at the startling rate of three rounds per minute, this Amendment just doesn't cover the use of today's sophisticated, lethal weapons in the hands of the wrong people. Unfortunately, Congress is intoxicated with the elixir of NRA money and does not have the courage, desire, nor decency to change this out-dated right. And so we wait for the next tragedy, the next carnage. And we don't mind being like Joe as we continue the perpetual, tiresome task of doing nothing. What a $^&&#$%^^Q# $^^$%% *$%* $!#@%$!!!!!!! Sorry for that! He's going to get a very nice letter back in the snail mail regarding his inaccuracies. [/QUOTE]
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