In response to Aaron Halabe’s letter (Kent Reporter, Jan. 4), I believe a comment or two is called for.
Mr. Halabe is obviously concerned about the recent travesty, as we all are. But a “let’s do something, even if it’s wrong” mentality is not going to accomplish anything good, and certainly has the potential for bad.
He wants to go back to banning “assault weapons,” something we tried before. As a matter of fact, as he points out, it became law in 1994 and 10 years later, in 2004, the law went off the books. Why, you should ask? It was allowed to expire because carefully kept statistics by the FBI showed that 10 years in effect did nothing to reduce crime.
Why try that again? Just to feel good? High-capacity magazines? Come on now. Want more bullets? You carry another low-capacity magazine. Install time required: two seconds.
Mr. Halabe is concerned, I am sure. How about some serious thinking and come up with something that might help, not something without benefits? And, by the way, what gives him the right to speak for NRA members?
– Robert Neal
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