Letter to Congressman Bishop--Utah

[RussC]

Dear Congressman Bishop:

I am writing to voice my support to preserve our right to bear arms.

I am a responsible law abiding citizen who holds a concealed permit and I believe Congress should be discussing ways we can encourage more people to exercise our second amendment right.

It is a proven fact concealed permit holders, as a group, commit less crime than people who are not permit holders.

If we are going to discuss ways to reduce crime, logic would suggest, increasing concealed permit holders is a good start.

I believe we also need to abolish gun-free zones which have proved in the recent mass murders in the movie theater in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary school that law abiding citizens are the only people who will uphold the law by not arming themselves and criminals will exploit that law at every opportunity.

It is a tragedy, if reports are true, that the Sandy Hook Elementary principal rushed the gunman with nothing but her body in a futile attempt to stop a killer determined to inflict death.

I reverence her courage, but it pains me to imagine the hopelessness the principal and staff must have felt confronting a gunman unarmed.

Does Congress believe by passing some feel good laws like banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines that magically these evil people will stop plotting death on the innocent?

I would welcome your reply.


Sincerely,

Russ