Alphecca: Anti-Gun Letter From Student

October 28, 2005

Anti-Gun Letter From Student

From the Daily Utah Chronicle, the University of Utah newspaper, comes this logic:

Editor:

I am writing in response to Ed Stevenson's Oct. 24 column, "If cops need guns, so do I."

Consider for a moment Stevenson's argument on firearms: Police have the right to carry guns, their right to carry guns comes from the people, we are the people, therefore we have the right to carry guns.

Let's see how his line of argument would apply elsewhere. President Bush has the right to veto a bill, his right to veto a bill comes from the people-we are the people, so therefore, we have the right to veto a bill.

Well actually, the people do by voting. If it's a president's first term, they can vote for someone else next election, just as they can vote out their senators and congressmen. Free elections in this country are the ultimate power to veto. What are they teaching kids these days at school?

Posted by Jeff Soyer at October 28, 2005 07:05 AM

Comments

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Posted by: SayUncle at October 28, 2005 09:02 AM

I got a kick out of this line:
"Criminal activity decreases when a community is socially and economically unified." Uh huh. Must be quite the utopia over there in UT.

Posted by: Benson at October 28, 2005 09:34 AM

Shows a scary lack of understanding on the part of the student. I find it constantly disturbing when people think that government officials should (and do) have more power the The People.

Top down power is bad. I just wish more people looked at our country (rightly) as having a bottom up power structure. At once scary and sad.

Posted by: Tom at October 28, 2005 09:37 AM

Actually, Benson, you have to remember that half the people living here in SLC are from southern California; most of the people from around here have different opinions. And it is definitely not a utopia, LOL.

Posted by: Robert Garrard at October 28, 2005 06:58 PM

"What are they teaching kids these days at school?" How to be good (ignorant) little socialist sheep, of course...

Posted by: emdfl at October 28, 2005 07:02 PM

"What are they teaching kids these days at school?" How to be good (ignorant) little socialist sheep, of course...

Posted by: emdfl at October 28, 2005 07:06 PM

Rights and powers are different. The loss of the distinction is largest tragedy of the change from Civics to Social Studies.

Posted by: Thag at October 29, 2005 10:18 AM

obviously this person didn't pay attention in class either ...

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October 28, 2005

Anti-Gun Letter From Student

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