LTE: Take fight to those with illegal weapons

May 18, 2005
Toledo Blade

The silence is deafening. That is, I haven't heard of any comments or apologies from the anti-concealed-carry or anti-gun hawks who predicted road rage and wild west shoot-outs throughout the state when the CCW law was enacted a year ago. However, after a year, not one CCW citizen has been cited for any reason.

But the shootings continue as non-law-abiding crooks, robbers, thieves, and thugs continue their lifestyles of preying on innocent undefended people who are not educated about the security of CCW. Therefore, where people cannot or will not carry, their home will become a crime-friendly area.

I would like to see the anti-CCW and the anti-gun rights people reverse their thought processes and wage their discontent on the crooks with illegal weapons rather than innocent, law-abiding citizens who have the legal right to carry.

James L. Smith
Millbury, Ohio